Patience Please: Antidiluvian

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Atlas Clothing: 2007.04.13

Patience Please (MySpace)has been a favorite of mine since I discovered them last year. At that time they had yet to release their debut EP on Jigsaw Records, the label Chris (percussion) runs in addition to IndiePages.

I have seen this group countless times. In fact, I doubt there is another band I have seen more than Patience Please. And each time I see them, I enjoy their music more. They even dedicate songs to me when I attend their shows.

It was Friday the 13th and the lineup included Friskey and Eux Autres. The former opened with an outstanding set. Hailing from Tacoma, this young group of gents create songs full of tambourine heavy dream pop. Eux Autres is no mystery to me either, as I saw this French pop band from Portland, OR open for Math & Physics Club at the Vera Project last year (and proceeded to review their 7" and LP). Both bands were phenomenal.

The last time I saw Patience Please was also at the Vera Project, though that was last month. Keenan (keys, vocals) gave me a CD-R of demos titled "Fake Record," which has been in heavy rotation of late. Many of the songs will be on their new album, set to hit late summer or early fall on Happy Happy Birthday To Me.

There are plenty of great songs on this demo album and Patience Please played many of them over the course of their set. Unlike their previous show, they also included many off their debut EP, Parallel Plots.

Read the FensePost review and feature of Patience Please:

Patience Please: Parallel Plots

Patience Please: Feature Band

The past few times I've seen Patience Please, they've dedicated songs to me; typically "Antidiluvian," the song that will be on the HHBTM 4 compilation (out later this year). It's a slower ballad-like song that has a killer static-filled bass solo by Jordan.

However, as "Exclusively Windermere" off their new album has become an instant favorite of mine, they dedicated it to me postmortem (i.e. after the song concluded and I died out of pure joy). It was the first time they played the song live. Another topper was "Coal Enough For Steam," the last song on the Fake Record demo.

Get ready for these guys to take over in the world of indiepop. They're one group you're surely not want to miss.

Patience Please: Antidiluvian (mp3)