(All photos by Becca Laurie and Andy Silva)This Sunday, my girlfriend and I traveled upstate to attend our first All Tomorrow’s Parties festival curated by The Flaming Lips. The legendary psych-rockers invited Black Moth Super Rainbow (who I was thrilled to get to work with on their latest album ‘Eating Us’) to join the incredible closing day line-up. Needless to say, we were stoked!
It’s truly a special opportunity to see so many groundbreaking artists gathered in a retro country club (that was the inspiration for the country club in “Dirty Dancing”!). The two performance spaces at Kutsher’s, seemingly unchanged since the 1950’s, were surprisingly intimate and had incredible sound systems.
Black Moth Super Rainbow were especially on that evening and played a terrific set. By 11:30 PM, the festival’s headliner and curators (and former BMSR tour mates) The Flaming Lips brought exactly what everyone was hoping for: and all out RAGER.
Confetti flew, Wayne Coyne bounced around in a bubble, men and women pranced around on stage in animal outfits. The night wouldn’t have been complete without a “Yoshimi…” sing-along, which actually happened twice in the course of their set.
All in all, great times. See you next year, ATP.
PS: Shout out and big thanks goes to Nick Baily, who let us crash at his lovely house for the night.
