Review: The New Deal in the Carolinas
Words: Jesse Darago
Photos: Matt Speck
In March, Canadian jammers The New Deal ended an extended absence from the South with a raucous post-STS9 show at Nashwa in Asheville, NC. On August 28, they returned with their no-frills brand of electronic music to headline at the Orange Peel.
8-28-2009 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, North Carolina
Set 1: J > VL Tone, J > Ray Parker Suite II > A Little While Longer > J > Deep Sun > J > Deep Sun
Set 2: J>Technobeam, Homewrecker > Kashmir > Homewrecker > Moonscraper > J > Gone, Gone, Gone
The first of two tND sets kicked off with an introductory J (this is how tND notates their jams), driven by the synthesized magnificence that is James “Guitar” Shields. The opening J eventually led into a 10 minute version of VL Tone, which (pardon the lame pun) set the tone for the evening. The bouncing melody of VL was received well by the OP crowd, who danced and hopped right along on the moonbounce-like hardwood floors of the club.
In the brief pause after VL, which would be the only full stop of the set, drummer Darren Shearer apologized for the band’s “neglect” of “this part of the Americas”, after which they launched into the 50 minute segue spectacular, comprised of three songs, three distinct jams and a slew of could-be/might-be teases that kept the crowd on tilt for the rest of the set.
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