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The Most Serene Republic
Also Playing: Grand Archives and Timber Timbre
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Norman Wong
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Mon Oct 5
8 pm
The Most Serene Republic, Grand Archives, and Timber Timbre at High Noon Saloon
Even more so than you'd normally expect from a band that piles on strings, horns, and just about anything else that strikes its fancy in the studio, Ontario's The Most Serene Republic seems to take tireless pleasure in puddle-jumping through a mini galaxy of sound. On its recent third album, ...And The Ever-Expanding Universe, the band's sprawling tendencies serve it as well as ever: The album somehow maintains a certain friendly prog-pop focus while leaping from tracks rooted in pensive classical piano to ecstatic heaps of male-female vocals, hyper-yet-precise percussion, and the cloudy twinkle of multiple guitars. The band is touring now as a relatively stripped-down seven-piece, but the live set will still incorporate the occasional violin and trombone. Co-headliners Grand Archives' delicate vocal harmonies and swaying folk-pop tunes might come off severely mellow in comparison.
High Noon Saloon 701 E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI
Even more so than you'd normally expect from a band that piles on strings, horns, and just about anything else that strikes its fancy in the studio, Ontario's The Most Serene Republic seems to take tireless pleasure in puddle-jumping through a mini galaxy of sound. On its recent third album, ...And The Ever-Expanding Universe, the band's sprawling tendencies serve it as well as ever: The album somehow maintains a certain friendly prog-pop focus while leaping from tracks rooted in pensive classical piano to ecstatic heaps of male-female vocals, hyper-yet-precise percussion, and the cloudy twinkle of multiple guitars. The band is touring now as a relatively stripped-down seven-piece, but the live set will still incorporate the occasional violin and trombone. Co-headliners Grand Archives' delicate vocal harmonies and swaying folk-pop tunes might come off severely mellow in comparison.
Updated 09/23/2009
