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Delta Spirit, The Rosebuds, Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, & The Wild Feathers

Presented by The Mercy Lounge and Cannery Ballroom at Mercy Lounge

August 20, 2011

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This party will be held in the Mercy/Cannery parking lot and will feature performances from Delta Spirit, The Rosebuds, Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, & The Wild Feathers.

ABOUT DELTA SPIRIT

"If you want to know the value of music forged in the playing of it, you need to see a gig by a great American road band, the kind of outfits who play 300 or more nights a year, criss-crossing the clubs, bars and small theatres of this immense nation, where live music is still an integral part of the culture.

Delta Spirit are a five piece from Long Beach, CA who self-released a home made album, Ode To Sunshine, in 2007 and have barely stopped to catch a breath since. One more album (last year's 'History From Below' on Rounder) and over a thousand gigs later, they are still going strong.

That kind of relentless touring either destroys musicians or turns them into a near telepathically intuitive band of blood brothers. They play with each other, off each other, round each other. Songs rise and dip, surge and retreat, whisper and roar, shifting gears at the raising of the singer's eyebrow, or a demented smile from keyboard player Kelly Winrich.

Although they favour music of a certain vintage, there's more to Delta Spirit than mere nostalgia. They play these songs so frequently, they have taken on a kind of life of their own. At times they are reminiscent of early Allman Brothers, but they can suddenly turn into Sonic Youth, channel the spirit of krautrock or spiral up to the ethereal splendour of Radiohead, if you can imagine Radiohead smiling and having a good time.

What is truly extraordinary is that Delta Spirit are clearly still enjoying it so much, trying to catch one another out, laughing at musical accidents and surprises. That kind of spirit is infectious."

- Neil McCormick [edited from a Guardian UK article]