Weird venue. All ages venues appear to be phenomenally unable to generate revenue in Portland (I guess that's true everywhere, but seems especially dramatic here), so end up in some bizarre neighborhood. This one is in an industrial area by the rail lines, pretty much under the Marquam Bridge. I believe this is one of their first shows, and they seem a little disorganized (the door guy was denoting attendance by making marks on his arm).

Anyway, BOAT went on first, with Ricky playing with them for the entire set. Fun as always. They've been working in a lot of new material into their set; some of them (like "Lately I've Been on My Back") seem like a pretty significant departure, sound-wise but are excellent songs that get stuck in my head for days. Seems a little odd that they're not playing much off the new EP (or, alternately, that the new stuff they're playing isn't on the EP), but I'm sure they have a plan of some sort.

Crayonsmith went on afterward. I stuck around for a few songs, then realized they were boring and showed no signs of getting better so went outside.

This was, I think, AGSFB's second show as a trio. I'm not sure if they're trying to compensate for being fewer in number by being louder or if that's just part of the new sound. Between the distortion-heavy guitars and the non-functioning PA system, it wasn't really the most engaging performance I've seen, but perhaps I was just tired.