GARCIA PEOPLES
Dodging Dues
NO QUARTER
7/10
Short’n’sweet set produced by Matt Sweeney
The enthusiasm of this New Jersey sextet for longform psychedelic jams has come to define them, but GP’s roots lie in punk, and they’ve long since branched into country rock, psych jazz and English prog folk. This set, which follows last year’s terrific Nightcap At Wits’ End, presents like a palate cleanser before their next move. At under 34 minutes, it necessarily swerves dense improv passages, instead highlighting the nimble, airy interplay of multiple guitars, notably on the gently grooving “Cold Dice” and the courtly, flute-flecked “Cassandra”. Satisfying in a very different way are “False Company”, the lunging, Crazy Horse-style opener and an Allman Brothers-edged “Tough Freaks”.