8/10/10

We trekked across Connecticut once again. This was our third time through the state, and didn’t really know what to expect from Danbury. We got to the venue around 7:30 and the vibe in the city was a bit sketchy. As I looked around the bathroom of Cousin Larry’s there probably 15-20 bands that I knew personally or had come across in booking the tour. The promoter, Sub Rosa Booking (who we never got a chance to personally meet) has a good thing going for the Danbury music scene. We left in search of free internet, and were instructed to seek out TK’s. It was wingnight and also give Zac and Sam anxiety night and we left shortly after arriving. It started to rain and was a bit of a gray scene once we entered the Danbury, CT borders. It was during our free internet and coffee time that I think we both experienced some heavy fatigue. Tour is wearing in a different sort of way, overnight you get physically tired and sweaty. As the days go on though, there’s a cumulative aspect that deeply wears on you. The kind of tired that will eventually take a week to recover from. We slammed some coffee, made primal monkey noises, scared away some patrons, and then put ourselves together and left.

We met VRSA shortly after pulling up to Larry’s the second time. After some mulling around and a few more people through the door they started their set. Stonery and kinda sludgy, they went on quite an epic hour long journey. i was a little worn at the length of their set and was happy that our friends in Hannibal montana let us play next.

Although this was probably the least people we played to on tour, it was pretty well received and kinda better than i expected Danbury to be. We kept it short with a three song set and packed up quickly so Hannibal Montana could take the stage.

Hannibal Montana is a three piece whose members all double on at least one instrument (I count computer, for the drummer) They played a really dynamic and energetic set that at times floated into the sounds of tortoise and other times into the energetic prog worlds of the Mars Volta. Im happy that we got a chance to hang out and play music with them.

We left to our new friend Josh’s house, and got to crash in a amazing quiet basement with gigantic couches. When we awoke in the morning we got to meet his terrific family and Josh cooked us an amazing breakfast. Its really awesome and refreshing to meet kind people on the road, and every time you feel that deep wear on your soul from so much work and travel it seems like there is always someone there to help you out.