Gulls

I think that Gulls might fancy themselves a dance band -- Jesse, its core member and a frequent guest with Evolutionary Jass Band (coming up tomorrow night at 10:30), kept encouraging the crowd with shouts of "move your body". This afternoon, at least, though, their set of fusion trumpet and flute (courtesy of PDX Pop veteran, David from Please Step Out of the Vehicle) with warm buzzy loops and programmed beats played more as ambient chill than anything movement-requiring. Thankfully, a third of the way through this long day of music, that was exactly, what I, and by the looks of it much of the crowd, really needed.

Their set was also accompanied by some cool-looking projections from some buy with a big wrack of strips of film and an army of projectors. Unfortunately, it was a bit bright in here so their detail was a little hard to pick out (though I did catch a nice patch involving the triple-projected American Barricade logo), but they did add nicely to the atmosphere.