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William Tyler & The Impossible Truth released their electric live album Secret Stratosphere, which represents the first recorded output of the foursome of Tyler, Jack Lawrence, Brian Kotzur, and Luke Schneider as a full band. It is available on all streaming platforms as well as from the Merge store on CD and 2-LP orange creamsicle Peak Vinyl.
Experience what it was like to be in the room by revisiting the live footage of William Tyler & The Impossible Truth’s mind-expanding take on “Area Code 601."
Recorded May 29, 2021, in Huntsville, Alabama, Secret Stratosphere finds William Tyler and fellow psychedelic dreamers christened “The Impossible Truth,” refashioning prime cuts from the Nashville guitarist’s rich catalog. The quartet stretches the dynamics of Tyler’s compositions to their fullest interdimensional potential, exposing a deep undercurrent of kosmische and post-rock influences and confirming his place as one of our most brilliant guitarists, bandleaders, and composers.
Formed in New Jersey by guitarists Tom Malach and Danny Arakaki, Garcia Peoples took a few years to find their flying shape, solidifying into a lineup with Danny’s brother Cesar on drums and Derek Spaldo on bass by mid-2016. Ramping up their acceleration around the time of their 2018 Cosmic Cash debut on Beyond Beyond Is Beyond Records, they’ve blasted through residencies and new songs and sessions and collaborations, relocating to New York, picking up two new members in keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Pat Gubler and bassist Andy Cush, and leaving a trail of live tapes in their wake. This year, they’ve delivered not one but two new albums for BBiB: the sleek and song-oriented Natural Facts and the sprawling improvisatory opus of One Step Behind. 2019 also saw the first performances by the full Garcia Peoples lineup, a six-person behemoth with Spaldo on third guitar.
With a stash of live recordings accumulating at the Live Music Archive, Garcia Peoples’ music is very much a living entity. Since the release of their previous two albums, songs have started to expand, jam suites have grown, and experiments have been undertaken. The first part of 2019 has seen Garcia Peoples back Philadelphia guitarist Chris Forsyth (an expanded Solar Peoples Band has hit double-drummer overdrive several times now), and joined with guitarist Ryley Walker. They’ve improvised on WFMU, and jammed with the sounds of ocean waves and falling rain at strange late night happenings. Probably something else new and wonderful and weird has happened in the Garciaverse since I wrote this.
Whether or not you thought you knew Garcia Peoples’ music, One Step Behind is something new and beautiful, for new heads and old. No matter where you stand–behind, beyond, or another plane altogether–One Step Behind is ready. For those about to get on the Bus, we salute you.
Doors are at 7pm and music will start no later than 8, but these guys want to rip, so who knows, we may start a little early. Seating is limited, there will be a lot of room for dancing. All ages!