Guess whose back, back again, FREELANCE SWEATPANTS IS BACK, TELL A FRIEND! THE BAND and subsequently the world’s most MANIC BAND BLOG RETURNS. The CONSHY FOUR PIECE returned after a lengthy HIATUS that including indulging in MORMONISM. While they may not have returned from a SOJOURN TO UTAH with copious wives and MASSIVE PLASTIC SURGERY BILLS, THEY RETURNED WITH A REAL revitalized REASON TO ROCK! The REASON? The band are PLAYING DAWSON STREET PUB with FELLOW ROCKERS LAZER SHARK. WHEN is this EPIC PAIRING? HOW LONG ARE THEY PLAYING FOR, WHAT ARE THEY PLAYING? WHAT IS THE AIRSPEED VELOCITY OF AN UNLADEN SWALLOW? I know, you don’t, the answer to life’s most important questions.
The answer to these most important of life’s questions isn’t 24, but 84. Which is roughly how many minutes the band will be PLAYING at DAWSON STREET PUB ON FRIDAY, APRIL 11th. How many references can be crammed into a blog? It’s about the same as the many amazing songs crammed into a SWEATPANTS REHEARSAL. Kicking things off with the groovy 007, unlike Mr. Bond, this band has a LICENSE TO THRILL. THRILL they DID at this JAM SESSION! Doing their best FRED SCHNEIDER impression, SEAN and DOM made their vocal take on “GOTTA GET OUT” their own PRIVATE IDAHO. After that came the soon to be SINGLE READY “SPOOKY” which sounded fresh and fun, even if it felt a little barren without SEAN talking to an AUDIENCE. The song was FOLLOWED by the BOP that is “COUCH”. Coming soon to FREELANCE FANS, big things that may or may not involve an ACTUAL COUCH.
JUSTIN was playing a with a glove clipped to his drum kit to mute the sound, but that DIDN’T PREVENT HIM FROM LAYING DOWN THE BEATS on LAZER SHARK FAVORITE “OTHERSIDE”. The groovy jams of “HIT THE ROAD” AND “KNOCKIN” highlighted AJ’S importance as a lead player to the band. Adding effects laden flourishes and totally ripping solos on “OTHERSIDE” and “HIT THE ROAD” that bring that EXTRA SPICE TO THE MUSICAL GUMBO THAT IS FREELANCE SWEATPANTS.
“DAY IN/ DAY OUT” still sounds as fresh as the first time the band played it 3 YEARS AGO! During the song, DOM’S blistering solo cutting like a DIME IN A LIME. If the band has any future as a jam artist like THE FOO FIGHTERS, it’s with “STROKES-TYPE-THING”. The song in MY OPINION, is one of their BEST. GIVING THE AUDIENCE the BEST OF THEM. Unlike Dave Grohl, the song remains faithful to the bands ROOTS and ended with an epic JAM.
What else is on the setlist? What else can you expect to hear? I KNOW YOU DON’T! JOIN US AT the BANDS SHOW ON FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH!