[Photo by Robert Mizaki, from his Instagram feed]
Originally from Olympia, WA, you could be forgiven for assuming Gun Outfit sprung fully-formed from their current home base of Los Angeles, California. Their Twitter feed describes their music as “western expanse music,” and that feels right. Their simple self-possession and confident, low-key forward motion are as West Coast as Pacific swells. Or, to put it differently, they brought the perfect vibe for a laid-back summer afternoon at Union Pool, which continues its “Summer Thunder” series of outdoor shows for just one more week.
This set was notable for a few points, including the participation of longtime noise/guitar hero Henry Barnes (currently touring with the band as his Amps for Christ project) and the wide berth of the setlist, which covered some of the band’s oldest songs like “The Lack” and “Southern Chill” as well as forthcoming tracks from the recorded-but-not-yet-released new album. If you were a fan of the band’s most recent full-length, the 2015 Paradise of Bachelors release Dream All Over, this set wasn’t as focused on that (excellent) material, but the band seems to be continuing in the strong, consistent direction established by that record. Co-vocalists, -songwriters and -guitarists Dylan Sharp and Carrie Keith have an easy, relaxed interplay, and Barnes meshed perfectly, salting each composition with psychedelic guitar weirdness. If Gun Outfit are hard to pin down aesthetically — they’re punk but neither fast nor loud, they’re folk but not earnest, country but not not simple — their appeal, especially live under the sun, will be obvious to fans of all three. Look for that new record to arrive … sometime soon. ‘Til then, enjoy this little survey of this band’s career.
I recorded this set with head-mounted DPA 4061 microphones from the front of the audience near the stage. The sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!
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Gun Outfit
2017-08-19
Union Pool (Summer Thunder Outdoor Series)
Brooklyn, NY USA
Recorded and produced by acidjack
DPA 4061 (HRTF, FOB, DFC)>DPA d:vice>iPhone 7>16/44.1 WAV>Adobe Audition CC (fades, amplify, compression)>Izotope Ozone 5 (image, EQ, exciter)>Audacity 2.0.3 (track, amplify, balance)>FLAC ( level 8 )
Tracks [Total Time 44:48]
01 The Lack
02 Sally Rose
03 Clean Runs the Thread
04 Second Decade
05 Southern Chill
06 Primacy of Love
07 Background Deal
08 Gotta Wanna
09 Strange Insistence
10 Legends of My Own
11 Downtown LA [JJ Cale]
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