{"id":47433,"date":"2022-07-29T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=47433"},"modified":"2022-07-30T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T17:32:49","slug":"concert-review-art-rock-trio-princess-goes-to-the-butterfly-museum-delivered-a-genre-bending-mesmerizing-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=47433","title":{"rendered":"Concert Review: Art-Rock Trio Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum Delivered A Genre-Bending, Mesmerizing Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher David<\/p>\n

Art-rock trio Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum delivered a genre-bending, mesmerizing set at the Metro on Sunday night, making good on the promises of their debut album Thanks for Coming<\/em> (2021) and offering a glimpse at a bright future.<\/p>\n

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Vocalist Michael C. Hall, drummer Peter Yanowitz, and keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen make a noise big enough for a band twice their size, and the unpredictable nature of their arrangements make for an endlessly fascinating approach to songwriting.\u00a0 Hall\u2019s voice is soothing one moment (like in the sweeping \u201cKetaBOST\u201d), sharp and biting the next, and the nicely paced setlist had an almost conceptual feel, from the catchy hooks of \u201cLet it Go\u201d to the spacey-sounding harmonies of \u201cSideways.\u201d\u00a0 Yanowitz\u2019s percussive drive gave songs like Cruel World a cohesive feel that bound the elegant verses to the bombastic instrumental refrains, and \u201cAngela Peacock\u201d evoked Doolittle-era Pixies before defying easy arrangement yet again.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s tough to explain the sound of this band, which is every bit a good thing; while tunes like \u201cCruel World\u201d and \u201cArmageddon Suite\u201d conjured moments of early-2000s Radiohead, there\u2019s no cribbing or directly applying influence here.\u00a0 One got the sense as the night went on that only this unique combo of individuals could craft this specific sound; there was no anchor in terms of a category or \u2018type\u2019 of music, combining elements of rock, disco, and synth pop in a fresh and interesting way; the lack of guitar\/bass wasn\u2019t even noticeable given Katz-Bohen\u2019s instrumental versatility.\u00a0 One of the most engaging bands to emerge from the lockdown-induced creative boom of the last few years, Princess deserve everyone\u2019s full attention as a band that fully owns its unique identity and sound.<\/p>\n

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Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum – Metro, Chicago, IL – July 24, 2022 (setlist)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Intro \/ Vicious<\/p>\n

Love American Style<\/p>\n

KetaBOST<\/p>\n

Nevertheless<\/p>\n

Deeper Down<\/p>\n

Eat an Eraser<\/p>\n

Let it Go<\/p>\n

Sideways<\/p>\n

Airhead<\/p>\n

Angela Peacock<\/p>\n

Jet Pack<\/p>\n

Tomorrow\u2019s Screams<\/p>\n

Thanks for Coming<\/p>\n

Cruel World<\/p>\n

Armageddon Suite<\/p>\n

Call and Talk to Me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Christopher David Art-rock trio Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum delivered a genre-bending, mesmerizing set at the Metro on Sunday night, making good on the promises of their debut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,41,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-features","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}