Recording: Fresh Snow

Artist: Fresh Snow

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at Collective Arts (Burn Down The Capital presents), November 3, 2024.

Fresh Snow - unknown

The autumn has brought a welcome cluster of shows from Tad Michalak's Burn Down The Capital promotional arm, mixing touring artists (many with a long relationship with BDtC) with local legends and emerging artists, many of them taking place in the cozy basement space at Collective Arts' taproom. (Important note: there's one last show in this burst coming up this Saturday.)

Playing their first show in over five years, Fresh Snow still pulled in the headliner-sized crowd for this night — there's obviously a lotta folks who still hold the band in fond regard. Filling the stage with gear and cranking up the amps, the set started and ended with familiar numbers ("BMX Based Tactics" and "Flat White") but moved into new territory for the whole stretch in between, as far as I could tell. If there's possibly a bit more postrock sweep and a bit less krautrock chaos that doesn't mean that band's alchemy has changed all that much. Nice to see 'em back in action, and the new material hopefully points towards this not being a one-off.

^* If I was following the terrain correctly, according to the setlist I caught a glimpse of, this one is called something like "AGNOSTIC" — probably just a fragment of a longer title if the band's past propensities are still at play. Please leave a comment if you know the whole thing/can correct me!