Seattle Subsonic

Talkdemonic Played the Mars Bar

February 17th, 2010

Here are a few pics of Portland drum and viola duo Talkdemonic. They headlined the final day of the Cumulus Festival this past Saturday night (2/13) at the Mars Bar on Eastlake. I couldn’t believe that it had been close to five years since I last saw them live.

The lush, laptop-aided instrumental jams of this band sounded a bit thin for the first half of the set; turns out they were trying out some new tunes on us guinea pigs. Lisa Molinaro, the violist, said they were about 75% finished with their fourth record. My bet is that they’ll improve with repetition. The last part of their performance was more on par with what fans can expect. Heavy, skittish skins from Kevin O’Connor, elegantly aberrant mini-symphonies from Molinaro, precisely placed electro touches and the beautiful feeling of temporary, atmospheric paralysis. I don’t think I heard any songs from Beat Romantic, but I could be mistaken.