Guavatron at Crowbar 01.20.24: AUDIO
[Thanks to Dan Fer Photography for his great shots!]
Finally this abbreviated set from Guavatron has surfaced on the band’s bandcamp page (contribute what you can). The remarks below come from the original show review.
The Dopatron show rolled into Crowbar in Ybor City (Tampa) Saturday, January 20, the fourth of five nights together. This is Dopapod’s huge Winter-Spring tour, with dates through the end of March. After three earlier dates, Dopapod cruised into Florida for five nights with West Palm jamsters Guavatron in tow. EVERYTHING (except for Guavatron’s too-short set) was perfection this night.
Guavatron had a tight window of 45 minutes, chopped to 40 when their set began five minutes late. They made the most of it, first with two brand new tunes. Casey Luden was rockin’ the space bass most of the set, launching first into “Planets,” then segueing into “Reflection.” Drummer Cory Ricardy, who joined the band last May, had his very best showing with them, and “Planets” is his first composition played by Guavatron, a little bit “Guavafied,” Luden noted.
Guitarist Adonis Guava handled the vocals on “Reflection” and blew it out on guitar; these boys know how to trance-dance with the best of them. The quartet spent the last 17 minutes romping through a real fan dance favorite, “Cousin Kelly.” Roddy Hansen’s synths washed over the entire proceedings. Too short… but fabulous nonetheless.
[GUAVA: Planets (10:37) > Reflection (11:34), Cousin Kelly (17:35)]
