Building the State @ Side BarBuilding the State @ Side Bar
Gainesville, FL - When the rain cleared Saturday night, Taylor, Kaela and I walked over to the Side Bar to catch Building the State. This was my third time seeing them perform. As expected, they unveiled a handful of new songs.
Building the State is a progressive indie-rock band with cascading guitar lines that twinkle and burst. The new material sounds darker and even more captivating than their last album, The Flood is Feeling. It was my first time seeing them with a new drummer and a keyboard on stage. Both are welcomed additions.
While it wasn't their best performance, I left impressed with the direction they're taking. Tomorrow the band heads to Athens, Ga., for two weeks to record a new full-length with Mike Albanese of Cinemechanica. I can't wait to hear the results.
Tour dates after the jump.
Tour Dates
- Oct 20: St. Augustine, FL
- Oct 21: Melbourne, FL
- Oct 22: Vero Beach, FL
- Oct 23: West Palm Beach, FL
- Oct 24: Saint Petersburg, FL
- Oct 25: Lakeland, FL
- Oct 26: Orlando, FL
- Oct 27-29: Gainesville, FL (The Fest)
- Nov 3: Athens, GA
- Nov 9: Chapel Hill, NC
- Nov 10: Greensboro, NC
- Nov 11: Sanford, NC
- Dec 1: Tallahassee, FL
- Dec 2: Gainesville, FL
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