We’ve got a bit of an atypical week here at TVD in advance of a show we’ve been looking forward to for some time. On June 23rd, the Black Cat hosts a stellar triple bill with We Were Pirates, Voxpop, and Mittenfields and in lieu of our normal First Date feature this week, we’re just gonna date ‘em all. One a day, three-way style.
Our glorious three-way finishes (!) this week with next Tuesday’s headliners Mittenfields who’ve steadily grown on me and continue to impress with their development as a ‘newer’ band. It’s been a real joy to hear this project morph into an outfit that’s growing leaps and bounds beyond their peers.
We chatted with Dave Mann, Mittenfield’s bassist (and a guy who’s been a real supporter of this blog for some time now) to get the skinny on the comings and goings within the group leading up to Tuesday’s last show before the band takes a break to write new material.
“Mittenfields are all about [well, its debatable as to whether we are “all about it”] switching up their line-up. In fact, Emily (violin/vox) played her last show with MF at Black Cat back in December of 2008. She then moved to Chicago and has just recently moved back to the area. So it is only fitting that she returns to Black Cat with MF. A match made in heaven…perhaps.
Andy Ayers (cello/vox) joined MF back in January and had to leave the band unexpectedly (not voluntarily) in April of 2009. So we weren’t looking forward to having a 3rd line-up change but with Emily being back….it’s almost as though we are back at square 1, which is a 4 sided friendly shape for us to be at.
Now if the stars align and Andy is able to return to the band….well, this will make us all feel like gathering around a campfire with some smores because it will be good times indeed.”
Mittenfields – Cut To The Chase (Mp3)
Mittenfields – Fog (Mp3)
Mittenfields – Natural Disasters (Mp3)
