Bleep

Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley, and Ethan Miller teamed up for a hair-raising tour in 2024, and their concert at LA’s Zebulon gets committed to vinyl, showing the trio at peak dexterity. Glamorously rugged guitars fit for soundtracking a drive under the Hollywood sign becoming frazzled, razed shreds on the opening ‘A Star Is Born’, descending deep into psychedelia while swishing drums and slick clean basslines give the performance swagger. ‘An L.A. Funeral’ in contrast is slow and assured, gradually raising the heat till it rolls and thrashes, while drums underline the pensive tone of ‘Unsafe At Any Speed’ with a paced out yet heavy punch.