She Sends... Tourdates?

Yep, that's right, I just got word that New Jersey indie darlings The Wrens will be in town at the Variety on September 23 as part of the somewhat mysterious Paste Rock 'n Reel Festival. Having seen The Wrens before, I know that they are the real deal live. When they finally came around to Atlanta a few months (maybe even a year) after the release of the brilliant, seven-years-good The Meadowlands, they were true professionals on stage and solely relied on each other to send the music through the Echo Lounge. I never saw a setlist and the band played for what seemed like over two hours. After the show, all four members stuck around for quite a while in the crowd just talking to everyone. While looking over the merch to see what they had to offer, their merch girl mentioned that we should buy a shirt. Not having enough money at the time, she just decided that, since we hung around long enough and got the band to sign a poster of their's, we were worthy enough and just handed us two shirts. We weren't even pouting about not having a shirt, she just gave us some! Ridiculous. You'd think that with that kind of attitude, they were over-supplied in the t-shirt department in Secaucus or something. Either that or that members of the Wrens camp are pretty genuine. Whatevs.

Regardless, I'll be there and everyone else should make the effort for the gig, too.

The Wrens, Now It's Overhead, Bain Mattox, & two others @ the Variety Playhouse - Saturday, September 23 @ 7PM