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Pianos Become The Teeth: Quit Benefit
The first night of a great tour featuring Tigers Jaw, Pianos, Sainthood Reps, Dad Punchers (minus Dad Punchers, plus Allison Weiss for this night). Happy to say we caught one of our favorite Pianos songs to date, one called “Quit Benefit” from 2010’s ‘Old Pride.’ All due respect to all bands and band members, but (Pianos drummer) David Haik steals the show with this one. Some combination of the drumming, the head-banging and the head of hair makes it kinda hard to look away. If you saw our interview with Durfalurf last year, then you know Haik has a love of Ke$ha and K-Pop so maybe that’s where he gets it. But probably not.
Photo: Dave Summers
Watch Sainthood Reps’ “Deadlines” from the same show.
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