The Offices of Dr. Glorious is a house in the Central District. They’ve been having shows there for a while and unfortunately had a neighbor that had called the police recently on account of a “noise” complaint (although, on the night of the complaint, it wasn’t a noise show).

The Caethua tour seemed to have low overhead with maybe a keyboard hiding in the tour vehicle. Claire (Caethua) played piano whilst her tour partner / bandmate Andy played bass clarinet. The Offices have a piano in their living room upstairs in the house so that was where both of them set up to play. It felt like they brought the state of Maine with them- condition and territory. The weather was overcast and every once in a while you could feel some sprinkles of rain if you stepped beyond the porch.

The electrical lighting in the living room was replaced by two candles set up on either side of the piano. Clair sung most of her songs through an amp where her vocals were running through a tremolo effect. It was the presence of Caethua and these songs that were played that put a room over the mood; a spooky and old early 1900′s – 1930′s mood of rainy Maine and romanticism of the Atlantic. It was the tremolo that was reminiscent of the sea- it’s creatures, character, and ability to overwhelm and drown.