| 2024-03-22 | Backyard Bear | Eggy |
Ardmore Music Hall |
Ardmore |
PA | Tru-Tron guitar, organ, and snappy drums slow by 8 min, pivot to peaky, howling, wah pedal guitar and crashing drums. New space by 12.5 min is dark and moody and befits an apocalyptic march. Slow-motion Chase Bliss Mood sounds at 15.5 min and gentle synths develop naturally thanks to the patient rhythm section. Slow and longing licks at 18 min corral the jam as it turns peaky and full-sounding. Punchy drums after 22 min, then a soaring guitar and vocal return. |
| 2024-10-19 | Backyard Bear | Eggy |
Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom |
Denver |
CO | Jam leaves the backyard after 6 min with Jake sustain and subtle Dani Clav leading us into the woods. Throaty, quiet, melodic bass mingles with guitar sustain and synth tones to achieve a far-out feeling. Subtle rolling drums at 8 min galvanize full-band momentum with cleaner guitar lines and piano accents organically rising to a peak and frothing over from 10-12 min. Crispy reentry to BYB. |
| 2024-10-23 | Backyard Bear | Eggy |
Atomic |
St. Louis |
MO | Stretches from 6 to 8 min and gets minor key peaky. Coalesces after 9 min in a descending motif via full band cooperation. Hops off the fluid Jake train after 12 min for rhythmic strummed terrain that melts into spare space and dissolves to nothing to tee up Boom or Bust. |
| 2024-12-31 | Backyard Bear | Eggy |
Paradise Rock Club |
Boston |
MA | After initial expansion, the jam finds rhythmic, bluesy-adjacent space at 10 min before moving into an athletic, repeating rock groove for several minutes. |
| 2025-02-05 | Backyard Bear | Eggy |
Blind Pig |
Ann Arbor |
MI | Patient jamming builds rhythms and melodies from nothing. Flirts with cacophony but ultimately commits to rock. Stretchy early, then rolling rhythm with a minor key sizzle, e.g. 12 min. Tension, then quiet. Angular build to a Jake melody by 18 min. Patience galore. Flip to brighter mode at 21 min turns syrupy, then cacophonous, then muscular and peaky from 26-29 min. |
| 2026-03-15 | Backyard Bear | Eggy |
Lincoln Theatre |
Raleigh |
NC | A patient, sizzling emergence near 5 min. Bass and synths shine as patience reigns. After 8 min, shifts to a rumbling, spare, dark motif. Brightens and climbs while nursing tension, e.g. 10-11 min. Whistling ambience frees up space for a segue. |
| 2026-03-15 | Backyard Bear | Eggy |
Lincoln Theatre |
Raleigh |
NC | Moves into Backyard Bear from Tom Corn Walk with vocal pace. Teases Queen's Gambit near 1 min. Syncopated, off-kilter team exploration stirs tension for several minutes. Teeters along the edge of a sonic cliff from 5-6 min with the utmost confidence. Morphs to a crashing, quick groove that's powered by piano. |
| 2026-04-02 | Backyard Bear | Eggy |
Belly Up Tavern |
Solana Beach |
CA | Jam sizzles and lopes early, e.g. 5-6 min, decorated by digital blips. Quiets considerably near 7 min, as pensive guitar intertwines with keys. Takes a rhythmic and playful tack after 8 min for several minutes; the sound fills out by 11 min thanks to bouncy play from Mike and Alex. Jake tinkers with a return to Backyard Bear but they hold off until after 12 min, sealing the deal with vocals. |