Wet Tuna-Vimana

Two Psychedelic Bands Join the Thursday Evening Music Scene at Peskeompskut Park

**Vermont free-folk journeyman Matt Valentine** joins Montague- based “Heavy Jazz” trio **Vimana** for a free psychedelic show on Thursday, July 17 in the Peskeompskut Bandshell, Avenue A and Seventh Street from 6:30-9pm. Bring a picnic and enter into the fuzz.

Listening to Valentine's **Wet Tuna** is to enter into a psychedelic environment that is always tinged with a thread of joy and happiness. Lars Gothic from NPR writes, “you'll drip into barn burners, country cosmos, freaky folk and weirdo boogie. It's psychedelia as familiar as your hand, but also *as alien as your hand, man*. Funk's always been a wobbly thread through his music but has never sounded as smooth as here — bongos sweep softly across a Fender Rhodes jimmy jam, as Valentine's signature guitar fuzz dials down to a fuchsia-tinted fusion.” Wet Tuna is constantly evolving and morphing from one layer of existence to another, but always with an underlying pulse or groove that feel natural and organic.

**Vimana** is a "heavy jazz" trio that mixes equal parts psychedelic rock, funk, and jazz into a stone cauldron and what emerges are original instrumental tunes that paint landscapes with sound. Pushing the boundaries of any one genre, they play music that one feels with your body and causes you to drift with your mind.

"The tunes on Space Triangle of Love have more structure and feel more intentional: these guys know where they want to go and have a notion of how they want to get there. Plus, they have chops. **Leo Hwang (guitar) Brian Rodrigues (bass) and Bruce Todd (drums)** are each capable of playing with flash, but their prime directive is serving the song." Eric R. Danton, Freak Scene

Upcoming events in the Thursday evening series include Root Fiyah (Reggae) on August 21 and Three Speed (Rock) on August 28. This free event is sponsored by RiverCulture with support from the Mass Cultural Council. In case of rain, this event will be rescheduled.