Archive: Red Sparowes @ The Triple Rock '07

320kbps mp3s are available here.

Red Sparowes
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Friday March 16th 2007

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish, LOC, ~30' left drink rail, ~8' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB > PC [WAV > FLAC Frontend > FLAC5 + Verified > Razorlame > 320kbps mp3]
Edit: tracking (CD Wave) fades (Sound Forge 7)
TRT: 65:03

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. ...intro
02. Buildings began to stretch wide across the sky, and the air filled with a reddish glow. [7:36]
03. A message of avarice rained down and carried us away into false dreams of endless riches. [7:47]
04. Like the howling glory of the darkest winds, this voice was thunderous and the words holy, tangling their way around our hearts and clutching our innocent awe. [10:24]
05. Millions starved and we became skinnier and skinnier, while our leaders became fatter and fatter. [12:38]
06. The great leap forward poured down upon us one day like a mighty storm, suddenly and furiously blinding our senses. [8:33]
07. Alone and unaware, the landscape was transformed in front of our eyes. [8:06]
08. Finally, as that blazing sun shone down upon us, did we know that true enemy was the voice of blind idolatry; and only then did we begin to think for ourselves. [9:39]
09. ...outro

Josh Graham - Guitar
Greg Burns - Bass / Pedal Steel
Andy Arahood - Guitar / Bass
Steve Moore - Guitar (Cliff is on tour with Isis)
Dave Clifford - Drums

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I usually set it and forget it, adding a few db in post if needed but after the first song I decided to gently add a tiny bit of gain. I think it was a good decision. Thanks to the band for being cool with taping/filming and thanks to Chris Avis for everything he's done taping this band since 2004, getting them added to the Archive and getting more people into them. William Elliott Whitmore opened and his set was great as well. Greg and Andy joined him for a song, something they had only been doing for the past few days. What you hear at 0:59 of track 2 was coming through the PA. - Me sometime in March 2007.

The next Archive release is in honor of Red Sparowes's return to Minneapolis which is part of their headlining tour of the US & Canada. Caspian will be there to support them. Caspian is another band that I've been waiting a few years to return so seeing these bands on the same bill means a lot to me. - 3/2/10.

"The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer" is due out 04/06 through Sargent House.

03/29 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room **
03/30 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad **
04/01 Dallas, TX @ Lola’s **
04/02 Austin, TX @ Red 7 **
04/03 Houston, TX @ Rudyard’s **
04/05 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon **
04/06 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree **
04/07 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits **
04/08 Orlando, FL @ the Social **
04/09 Atlanta, GA @ the Earl **
04/10 Chapel Hill @ Local 506 **
04/11 Washington DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel ** ^
04/13 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge **
04/14 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge **
04/15 Boston, MA @ the Middle East Downstairs ** ^
04/16 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa ** ^
04/17 Toronto, ON @ the Garrison ** ^
04/18 Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop # ^
04/19 Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio # ^
04/21 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall # ^
04/22 Madison, WI @ High Noon # ^
04/23 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar # ^
04/24 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr. # ^
04/26 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge ^
04/27 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge ^
04/29 Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s # ^
04/30 Vancouver, BC @ the Biltmore # ^
05/01 Portland, OR @ the Hawthorne # ^
05/02 Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall #
05/04 Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp ^
05/05 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place ^
05/06 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place ^
05/07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall ^
05/08 Los Angeles, CA @ the Echoplex ^
05/09 San Diego, CA @ the Casbah ^

** With Doomriders
# With Caspian
^ With Fang Island