sorry my soul, it was easy but i got there first

18th dye is back after disbanding in 1999. Yes, they are back and touring! Based in Berlin, the German/Danish the band formed in 1992 with Sebastian Büttrich (vocals/guitar), Heike Rädeker (vocals/bass), and Piet Bendtsen (drums). 18th dye has the soundings of Wire's post-punk & Sonic Youth's noise, but with their own style of math rock.

This tour comes on the tails of their first studio release in 13 years, Amorine Queen. With their 3rd stop in the States on Friday, we heard a fantastic show at the Empty Bottle. This record was added to the collection, but unfortunately it has not had much playing time (ECON final on Wednesday will not defeat me). However, I did recognize the opening song on Friday as "Song for Helen" which got the very small crowds attention and held it to the end of the set. Mike & I had to give them a lesson on American football and Da Bears in-between songs, and in turn we learned of Die Bayern, the Munich soccer club. "Whole Wide World" kicked in next and Rädeker, she plays an excellent bass, she plays the bass so good.

The majority of the set came off the new album, so I’m not too familiar yet the titles, but we were special enough to hear “Pool House Blue”. This falls into my top25 songs of all time:

Mark was not a big fan, but I think it was mainly because of the amps they rented. I agreed they could have been louder, but the show was very enjoyable.

I highly recommend downloading this album:

18th dye - Tribute to a Bus