July Talk, w/ Purple at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (13 June 2015)

New songs on their 30-min set included the single and b-side “California”/”Headlights”, which was released earlier this year.

True to their description of Andrew WK’s bastard child, the band partied with songs from their album (409) (Play It Again Sam), but throwing in some brand new songs: “Birthday”, “Backbone”, and “Geneva” (misspelled as ‘Geniva’ on their setlist).

Highlight on their set was for “Thirteen”, when moshing and dancing broke out.

They had preview two brand new songs “You & Me and Rock ‘n Roll” and the encore “Picture in Love” which sounded fantastic. If those new songs are any indications of where the band is going, I say they are heading in the right direction.

Prior to playing “My Neck”, Fay told us the sad story about their very first Minneapolis appearance (16 June 2013 at the Nether Bar, with Grounders) was on Father’s Day Sunday, and basically no one showed up. The bar owner dismissed the door person and told the band they didn’t have to play… but he would still pay them. July Talk was determined to still play, even if it was just a private show for the owner.

Of course, it’s a different story on Saturday night with plenty of fans singing and dancing to the band’s bluesy songs.

Normally the band doesn’t play encores, but with fans demanding one, the band came back on stage to play a new song “Picture in Love”. Fay said that she had a bet with the band that she would have to pay everyone in the audience $100 dollar, but immediately declared bankruptcy.

July Talk’s self-titled album is out now on Sleepless Records. The Canadian band is currently on a North American tour:

Thanks to Markus for providing the Purple setlist.