Events

[JAM] For their latest, Frames Per Second, Lotus recorded ‘live in the studio’ over four days—and filmed the whole thing for a documentary that comes with the music. Thought of as an instrumental jamband with a penchant for pockets of boogie, the Philly and Denver based five-piece dropped the 19-song set as a surprise to fans during the first week of December. The idea was an attempt to catch the telepathic energy moving between a group of improvisational mavens in real time; listening to it, it’s hard to believe they pulled it off so quickly. For a band like Lotus, where (generally) there’s no vocalist waiting to land after an instrumental passage and song structures are purposefully left loose, there’s a special brand of listening that goes on between them — and listening while you’re playing is a challenging art form. With that in mind, Frames Per Second is poetry captured in motion. But it’s also incredibly accessible and full of ear candy with flourishes of sound that dabble in delicious yacht-rock goodness while veering towards something more psychedelic elsewhere. If you’ve got a soft spot for groove-based music and are not shy about shaking your ass, Lotus’s two-night-stand at Town Ballroom is a no brainer night of sweaty delight to kick away those February blahs. Maine’s Jaw Gems will open with set of sample-based electronica mixed with a live rhythm section that’ll whet your musical appetite for the main course. Friday, February 8 and Saturday, February 9.