BELLOWS FALLS-The improvisational collective Sunburned Hand of the Man will play Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m.
Sunburned Hand of the Man has a large discography and frequent personnel changes. Their improvisations incorporate elements of free jazz, space rock, psych-rock, hypno krautrock, drone, folk, funk, punk, and dirty synth.
"Their live shows are a surprise every time - even to them, usually - ranging from wild freak-outs to more coherently sculpted material careening from unsettling to hypnotic to mellow," organizers wrote in a news release.
According to Sean Kitching, writing in The Quietus, "Sunburned at their best were capable of taking the listener on a shamanic, boogie-fueled trip outside of quotidian reality. Live shows blended monstrous tectonics of rhythm, caustic guitar, echoing phased vocals, insect electronics and kitchen sink instrumentation that collided in an unholy, ecstatic racket."
Throughout the mid-1990s, they represented New England's "free rock" contingency, and the "free folk" - sometimes misnomered "freak folk" - era described by David Keenan's 2003 article "New Weird America" in British music magazine The Wire.
"There will be no opener for this show, it will be 100% Sunburned. It's likely to be loud," wrote organizers.
Stage 33 Live says it has no idea what the lineup will be, or how long the show will go. This is in accordance with the band. Daisy Frederick will provide "old-school psychedelic interactive liquid light projections."
Tickets are $20 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold.
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