event Venice Gas House Trolley
Also Playing: Shapeless Symmetry and Diva and Mittensmooch
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Joe Engle
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Thu Mar 18
9 pm
Venice Gas House Trolley, Shapeless Symmetry, Diva, and Mittensmooch at The Frequency
Madison's Adam Gregory Pergament and his band Venice Gas House Trolley lean more toward Funkadelic than toward your stereotypical wannabe snapping his spoken word over a stylishly swingin' jazz combo. Pergament's spoken word is just as odd and rambling as you'd expect from a guy who was "poet-in-residence" at the now-defunct King Club. The new album Synapse Lapse And Reblast! proves the band as a whole can keep up with that eccentricity via slinky-funky bass and drums, flute, and a variety of careful melodic and atmospheric interjections. If anything, Pergament's voice could be a little more flexible—it hangs a little too raspy and heavy over the cool suspense-building of "Notes On A Thunderstorm"—but the band's overall sense of balance might please even the poet-averse.
The Frequency 121 W. Main St., Madison, WI
Madison's Adam Gregory Pergament and his band Venice Gas House Trolley lean more toward Funkadelic than toward your stereotypical wannabe snapping his spoken word over a stylishly swingin' jazz combo. Pergament's spoken word is just as odd and rambling as you'd expect from a guy who was "poet-in-residence" at the now-defunct King Club. The new album Synapse Lapse And Reblast! proves the band as a whole can keep up with that eccentricity via slinky-funky bass and drums, flute, and a variety of careful melodic and atmospheric interjections. If anything, Pergament's voice could be a little more flexible—it hangs a little too raspy and heavy over the cool suspense-building of "Notes On A Thunderstorm"—but the band's overall sense of balance might please even the poet-averse.
Updated 12/12/2011
