Collected Animals

7/27 - Thetford, VT - Thetfest
8/3 - Washington, D.C. - Comet Ping Pong
8/4 - Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMoca
8/5 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
8/8 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
8/10 - Asheville, NC - the Mothlight
8/11 - Baltimore, MD - the Crown

Man I wish I could make the philly date as it my birthday. Deakin is my last ac member to see solo

Yeah hope to see the philly show too

Dang, gonna be Baltimore adjacent 3 days too late.

I'll be at the Asheville show. Excellent time catching Avey there so here goes round 2!

see y'all in asheville

wish he was swingin out to chicago

Wait I didnt notice the richmond date shit
Much easier to work out

8/3 - Washington, D.C. - Comet Ping Pong

def gonna try and make the crown show

richmond yea! anyone else coming to strange matter?

I lost my stupid card so i cant buy a ticket

Hopefully ill still make it

rva! strange matter is decent i’m just so short i hate tiny crowds like that. also sometimes way too many vcu students lol

Get there early! Im probably going, I really like the tinyness of smatter its kinda cozy

MrAirplane wrote:

8/3 - Washington, D.C. - Comet Ping Pong

ahaha

I don't get it

deakin just got added as opener to the gang gang dance show at the empty bottle in chicago on sept 10!

hope someone records some of boots of these shows. would be great to see him again.

deakin just got added as opener to the gang gang dance show at the empty bottle in chicago on sept 10!

Chicago is a 3 hour drive for me and this is on a weeknight but I want to go just so I can say I saw all 4 members of AC perform solo within a 1 year period

Im goin to the Richmond show at Strange Matter, just bought my tickets

Just got my ticket for the Chicago show with Gang Gang Dance, gonna be a good time

I saw him in Thetford- was anyone else here at that show? It was apparently a very small music festival (3rd year its been public, but has existed as a local entity for about 13). It was entirely organized by young people "making a scene where there is none." He mostly played new material! It played Golden Chords as well as Wide Eyed. At one point he commented on all the mosquitoes, "I think I've lost a pint of blood. If I'm going to die, mosquitoes aren't gonna do it." and he kind of grinned at the end of that. He has enough material that I could see an ep or additional project coming about fairly soon.
There were technical difficulties due to rain at the outside venue but it was a fairly ideal scene for seeing Deakin for my first solo performance of his- backdrop was a barn on some kind soul's farmfields. Just because it's a nice addition to the story, my partner and I laid in the tent listening to the remainder of the bands, and in the morn swam and bathed in a nearby river.

Also! Does anyone know why Deakin likes to wear white pants? I always associated with a type of John Lennon spiritual figure image. Unsure if the man himself has commented on this.

(No boots, sorry!)

was not there but someone on reddit (maybe you?) said he played roughly 7 songs including Harpy. I'm guessing the other 4 were DownDown, the 1 new song from Ottobar, and the 2 new songs from Elsewhere.

glad you liked it! can't wait for the rest of the tour. I'm hoping he plays even longer sets and some boots come out

I’ll be in Maryland but I won’t have any way to get to the Baltimore show, feels bad man

going to chicago. Not going to record so I can just enjoy the show.

Also! Does anyone know why Deakin likes to wear white pants? I always associated with a type of John Lennon spiritual figure image. Unsure if the man himself has commented on this.

(No boots, sorry!)

Because white pants fucking rock. Although without boots is pretty strange

saw in bk

I'm not up to date on what he's currently working on, but the new songs are very early and undeveloped right now, more like sketches. he played wide eyes, golden chords, and 6 new ones. all very meditative and personal and dont really go anywhere. look forward to seeing them develop.

the songs are very much like 'old AC' and I think it's most interesting that dave and noah are out touring old songs and here is josh--maybe for the first time--kind of 'out front' and putting himself out there and experimenting in front of small but sympathetic audiences. two very different tracks running parallel right now

Excited for the show on wednesdayyy

Everybody go out and see deakin
These new songs are less acoustic and denser electronic
I started cheesing so hard out of enjoyment during the 4th new song? It had lots of organ and deakin going terry riley on his keyboard, hence why I named the song Organ Traveler.
Wide eyed was so driving and fun

Last minute show added tonight in Staunton, VA

dang, pay by hat. thats next level

did anyone see the Highlife set? I've been waiting for new music from that project for a long time

Then maybe you’ll be interested in some crappy phone recordings from the Philly show

Highlife: Deakin: Anyone record any other shows? I’m curious to hear how the new songs morph over time

thanks! i think that sounds pretty good!

btw i just messaged josh on instagram and he said no titles yet for the new songs

Thanks for asking. I checked the stage for a setlist and he had a little notebook open where he mapped out the dial positions for each song. Seemed more personal and practical than a setlist so I felt bad looking at it.

Favorite bit of banter which I think you can hear in the recording (paraphrased)
Deakin: “got about 2 more songs. maybe 3”
Guy: “play as many as you want!”
Deakin: “well yeah, that’s the thing”

Just saw Deak at the parkway. Very chill. Setlist:

New song
New song
New song
Wide eyed
New song
New song
New song
Golden Chords
Harpy
Good House

damn that's a lot of tracks. how long was the set?

Confirmed he is working on a new record "but I'm gonna play the old stuff too, because that's what you guys came here for" haha. But yeah the first, second, and fourth new songs he played were all on synth (think it's a dave smith prophet), while the others were guitar. The Parkway is such a cool venue (it's usually an indie movie theater) and I'm so psyched I made it to the show with costco_boy_42] and bansheebeaten last minute