{"id":35304,"date":"2016-08-23T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=35304"},"modified":"2016-08-22T10:41:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T15:41:02","slug":"spaceface-returns-to-oxford-at-proud-larrys-with-swear-tapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/spaceface-returns-to-oxford-at-proud-larrys-with-swear-tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaceface Returns to Oxford at Proud Larrys with Swear Tapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spaceface<\/strong>, a side project involving members of The Flaming Lips<\/strong> based out of Memphis<\/strong>, Tennessee<\/strong>, will be performing with Oxford, Mississippi<\/strong>\u2019s Swear Tapes<\/strong> at Proud Larrys\u2019<\/strong> on August 27.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim Barrett<\/strong> songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist of Swear Tapes met Spaceface while touring with the now disbanded Young Buffalo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe just really hit it off with them on tour,\u201d said Eric Martin, one of two the vocalists and guitartists in Spaceface. \u201cSo we when got wind of Jim\u2019s Swear Tapes project we wanted to jump on with them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Their stop at Proud Larrys\u2019 is part of a string of four shows they are doing With Swear Tapes that starts in Charlotte<\/strong>, North Carolina<\/strong>, on August 24, and ends back home in Oxford on August 27. The bands will stop at Knoxville<\/strong>, Tennessee and Tuscaloosa<\/strong>, Alabama<\/strong> along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spaceface\u2019s touring schedule is a little different than most bands at the level they are at.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t tour as much as a lot of bands that are at the same place as us,\u201d said Martin. \u201cWe work around Jake\u2019s schedule when he\u2019s out working with The Flaming Lips crew, so we hold off on doing real long tours that go for, like, three months.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When they do make it out on the road, it is quite the spectacle watching them recreate the big sound they capture in the studio. Martin explained how they go about recreating their sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell we start by cramming six people and the gear on stage,\u201d said Martin. \u201cJake does vocals with me so that helps to really fill it out. We also rely a lot on our rhythm section a lot. We\u2019re not really shoegaze, but we do keep a lot of effects on stage. We have a lot of broad sounds to fall back on that help us bring that big tone we\u2019ve created.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Any spaceface show also promises to come with an entertaining presentation. The band uses a home made \u201cDIY lighting rig\u201d that they built in the very early days of the band. This lighting rig acts as the aspect of their stage design.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe also got lucky early on with our DIY lighting rig,\u201d said Martin. \u201cWe built it out of PVC pipe and different LED lights. It\u2019s Three rectangles that we can adjust and move around as we need, so we can use all three or just one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked about how they handled cramming all those bodies and lights on stages closer to the size of Proud Larrys\u2019, Martin wasn\u2019t concerned.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll just be a little closer to each other,\u201d said Martin.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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