More than two years after releasing their debut album, “What Life,” Club Night is set to play new songs at Thee Parkside on Saturday, March 26. In 2019, just months after releasing the dynamic and daring art rock debut, “What Life,” the band’s label collapsed amid allegations of financial malfeasance, leaving the group without support their record.
“It’s definitely exciting,” said Bertram. “We’ve been playing the same songs for a really long time, but they’re still new in a way, because no one has really heard them outside of the band. I think we’re all looking forward to playing them in front of people who aren’t us.” While Trainer still lives in Portland, he said his job takes him back to the Bay requently, so he’ll be able to keep his commitment to the band. And guitarist Ian Tatum and keyboardist/drummer Nick Cowman both assert their devotion to the group, despite both playing in other local bands.
He’s backed by a twisted carnival of sound — all fluid, snaking guitar licks, disorienting synth riffs and crashing, off-kilter percussion beats. Club Night song structures are Escher-esque in their makeup, labyrinthine journeys that weave and jag violently, and always seem in danger of imploding under their own weight. Despite the sonic chaos, everything works. There are soaring and life-affirming musical crescendos when sensible, and somber, discordant interludes when appropriate.
“I had actually written the lyrics for a few songs before the pandemic that had a kind of theme of radical positivity,” said Bertram. “And now with what’s happened, it seems insane for anyone to believe, ‘Let’s say positive, keep your chin up.’ I really had to rethink what I wanted to say.”
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