Northwest, Part II
Slept in late and hit the road for Missoula. Pretty drive, with lots of farms, gorges, mountains, and old mining towns along the way.
The club in Missoula, The Raven, was a big cafe that turned into a BYOB rock venue at night. We took the stage at 10:00 or so and played our best show of the tour. Plus the kids were all charged up and happy to hear us.
Next up was Belt of Vapor from Spokane. Holy god these guys are one of the best bands we’ve ever seen. Completely mad, tortured psych freakout. Hard and spooky and riffs for miles. I don’t know what goes on in Spokane that makes people play music like this, but the thought of it is frightening.
Book of Maps, two of whom hail from Missoula, played last. I can’t say enough good things about these guys and their music. Once again they sunk eveyone into their world of extremely technical and punishing rock. It’s a weird but thrilling place, trust us.
After the show things didn’t slow down. There are pictures of things that we would rather nobody see. Ever. Not sure how these things happened.