Some of these songs in this recording that Swamp Meat plays are what I’ve described to Geoff Traeger (of the band) as sometimes “drone pop” if not straight up 60′s pop. I feel though that I’m exaggerating a bit on the drone pop thing since drone is slower than the tempo of “stoner.” I also don’t really care for what the actual definition of certain genres are. Sometimes when I hear folks talk about Earth, it feels like “stoner” and “drone” are synonymous in description. All of these songs are incredibly attractive and I’ve listened through the 32 minutes of this recorded performance 4 times since yesterday.

This was the going away part of wonderful friend and rippn’ bassist of Swamp Meat, Laura Seniow. She didn’t go far- just to Bellingham, WA to finish school but still, she’s not in immediate vicinity of everyone who she’s been around in Seattle.

The house that this took place in is called the Seasick Halfshell Embassy; a house annexed by a few Bellingham ex-pats that I knew from my time there a few years ago. It’s really weird that Seattle is the migration point for the generation of Bellinghamsters that I was somewhat a part of- but it’s still cool. Opening up their house to allow great things to happen inside of it. This particular night contained a lot of people I knew, a few who I haven’t seen so often and the first show I was aware of at this space since a really rad BBQ event over the summer. It’s exciting… The prospect of more house shows operated by great people in Seattle where there has been a drought for a while. The location of this place allows it to have louder shows (if necessary) and not be as likely to be shut down by the po-po.

Back to the band: They rip it up and have type of accuracy-based sloppiness that I really admire. The kind that shows they are having fun. I’ve had the opportunity since this show to listen to a few Swamp Meat recordings that sound stellar. I can’t get over how rippin’ Laura Seniow’s bass playing is. She plays a few other string instruments and is very proficient at those too. Someone should hire her to play in their band.

Someone should also put out a 7″ for Swamp Meat.

Hint hint.