The Big Mess: Vinyl LP Matt Berry Blancmange

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Hitchhiker’s Guide) and co-directed by Dirk Maggs and Heather Larmour

and firelit nights of a weekend expedition

sometimes slightly frightening (in the best ways)

nearly two-and-a-half-hour show encompasses the band’s entire legacy of songs

The Big Mess: Vinyl LP Matt Berry BlancmangeEric Emm and Jesse Cohen of Tanlines are indie rock lifers turned reasonable, happy middle aged fathers of two, figuring out their place in a chaotic culture and industry that can no longer command their full attention. They are emblematic of a particular time and place that doesnt really exist anymore, yet here they are existing, and thriving, in 2023. The Big Mess came together when Emm and his family moved from Brooklyn to rural Connecticut, while