It’s been far too long since you’ve heard the cerebrally strange sounds of Snowman Plan on a volume of Ball of Wax (go all the way back to the instrumental Volume 8 and dig “Your Toad Roots”), but then, they’ve never been the most prolific of bands. When they do release new music, however, it is always worth the wait. Head over to the Black Lodge this Saturday (tomorrow!) and help them celebrate the release of their new EP, Minerals – two songs from which you can hear right now on Bandcamp.
As if the show weren’t special enough, it will be the first and very likely the only performance by IS, a primarily studio-based new project and Seattle post-rock wet dream featuring Emory and Salo of Joy Wants Eternity, James Key of Unlearn, and Jonah Byrne of Snowman Plan (among many other projects). On top of that, master guitarist-vocalist-loopist Sky Lynn’s wonderful Levator – from whom we haven’t heard nearly enough over the past few years – will be opening the night up. Should be a great night of strange and delightful new music.