The Tubs at Tubby’s. It was inevitable. It was additionally WELL well worth the wait.
This was the primary present on The Tub’s tour supporting their really wonderful “Arduous Life” (Merge). For the following month, they are going to be crisscrossing the US and Canada, bringing their high-energy mix of hook-laden jangle pop to venues east and west. Fortunate for us, this didn’t really feel like a tour opener. The band was tight and high-energy from the bounce.
The set began, simply because the document does, with the one – two punch of “Arduous Life” and “Who’s Gonna Love You Now,” which had the group absolutely invested and singing alongside instantly. They performed an excellent chunk of the brand new document in addition to alternative cuts from the earlier two albums. The set closed with the no bullshit Rock of “Wretched Lie” off their first document, “Lifeless Meat”. This night was undoubtedly on the brief record of finest exhibits I’ve seen this yr. It was a lot enjoyable, I’m contemplating taking place to NYC for the tour closing set at LPR on 11/11. I even purchased a T-Shirt. I haven’t even purchased a Tubby’s T-Shirt but.
Within the days because the present, I’ve struggled to clarify to individuals precisely why I cherished it a lot. Whereas I used to be engaged on mixing it, it lastly got here into focus. There’s something about The Tubs sound that hits me in a really primal manner. It pulls the identical sort of feelings I had as a child after I was first actually discovering my very own music. Mendacity in my room listening to WLIR/WDRE and listening to these completely good songs from bands like REM and Teenage Fanclub. Again when all I cared about was if a tune registered with me instantly and instantly. Again when my solely criterion for enjoyment was whether or not it elicited an emotional response past my management, and earlier than I sophisticated issues by attempting to quantify or clarify these emotions. When this was over, I wasn’t attempting to clarify to my son that the band is “a kind of harsh noise undertaking impressed by minimal techno and Indian drone”. None of these pretenses. It’s 4 guys taking part in devices and one man singing about what he sees and feels. I used to be in a position to entry the core reminiscences of merely listening to and loving music with out having to intellectualize it. I might simply be in it.
I recorded this from the standard spot within the again with the MK22’s and a board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer, Wil. This was a rocker, so play it loud!
Talking of Wil, shout out to him for pulling off some really Herculean sound man shit when the board basically crashed after the opener, and he needed to rebuild the band’s presets from reminiscence. Purchase this man a beer subsequent time you see him!
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The Tubs
2026-10-02
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY
Supply: Scheops MK22 > KCY > PFA + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag
Because of Tubby’s FOH engineer, Wil, for the board patch!
Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com
- Arduous Life
- Who’s Gonna Love You Now?
- Phantasm
- Phantasm Pt. II
- Narcissist
- If You Don’t Love Me
- Stoop To Me
- Chain Response
- Heaven or London
- Banter
- Freak Mode
- One Extra Day
- Wretched Lie
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