Gastr del Sol "The Serpentine Similar" 2024-12-06 “We were just so hyped

“We were just so hyped the whole time

While somewhat intimate and esoteric

third album Idle Gossip continued in the same mold as their first two LPs with "Geordie's Gone To Jail

Aparna Nancherla

as well as playing the likes of SXSW

Gastr del Sol "The Serpentine Similar" 2024-12-06 “We were just so hypedBastro was being reborn, with Grubbs on guitars, keyboards and vocals and Brown on bass. Playing in duo format opened up sound and intention, leaving the need for speed (and the stock in rock) out, while letting in an expanse of brooding, droning acoustic space that highlighted the songs serpentine shapes. This was something so radically different as to require a new calling card: henceforth, Gastr del Sol