#30. Continuing the Elephant 6 theme, today’s shirt comes from Olivia Tremor Control. They released two proper albums (Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle and Black Foliage: Animation Music) with songs alternating between psych-pop, and psych-freak out, the latter songs being more Lumpy Gravy than Freak Out. For me, their sound cohered better live.
The first time I saw them was at the Troubadour with Music Tapes opening. After that, they went on indefinite hiatus while founding members Bill Doss and Will Cullen Hart focused on The Sunshine Fix and Circulatory System respectively. They did reform and play the one-off Arthurfest, and somewhere I was even filmed enthusing about this band for a documentary on Arthurfest that never materialized. Bill and Will, and other members of OTC, are also part of the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour making its way across the country at this moment. Speaking of which, I spotted someone wearing this shirt at that show and I’m glad I didn’t wear the same thing. Technically, it would have been allowed. But I decided that any E6 band shirt would be off limits for this show and added that as a clause to my “no shirt of the band I’m seeing” rule.
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