Dummy, Golomb, Squib

There has long been an obsession with what the “future of music” looks like. How it will be constructed, perceived, analyzed, interacted with. So much brainpower is put into what’s next, because we always want to be one step ahead. Culturally prescient, enlightened, on the cutting edge. But what if you sidestep all that noise? What if a band, freed from the rat race and trendiness, embraces insularity to the point it somehow becomes the future? With do you love the color of the sky?, Dummy crafts the perfect anti-zeitgeist record, freezing you into their incorporeal moment of time. Despite all the allusions to futurism, Dummy are a classic band. Not in the retrofetishist, nostalgia- trapping sense, but in their work ethic and commitment to the music. As Trainor recalls of their time since the release of Free Energy, “We toured a lot, around 150 days, and played approximately 113 shows,” with numerous treks around the US and two trips to Europe, “…and on larger stages than ever before,” adds Ewell. “Touring has had a huge impact on us and our music.” With support from Golomb. The official slogan of the state of Ohio is “The Heart of it All,” which is as much a statement of hard geographic fact as it is romantic self-regard. If you’re east of the Mississippi and looking to get from whatever here to whichever there, you’ll likely have to reckon with Ohio’s crucial collection of arteries. Two of them pass through the middle, through the heart of the heart: here, bisected by interstates 70 and 71, lies the ever-modest metropolis of Columbus. Here is the hometown of the mighty Golomb. With local support from Squib. ALWAYS ALL AGES