Their/They’re/There
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[Dec. 20] Expectations for the newly formed Chicago supergroup are high, but luckily, the grammar sticklers in TTT know what they're doing.
Roll call for newly formed Chicago supergroup Their / They’re / There: Evan Weiss, possibly better known by his Into It. Over It moniker for quite a few years now; Matthew Frank, of the defunct instrumental group Loose Lips Sink Ships; and Mike Kinsella, who has helped carve out the emo template for over a decade with bands like Cap’n Jazz, American Football and Owen. With a lineup like this, expectations are pretty high. Luckily, the grammar sticklers in TTT know what they’re doing, as evidenced by the two EPs they released this year. Analog Weekend (Polyvinyl/Topshelf) especially delivers, a disorienting, fizzy and off-kilter example (seriously, Frank’s guitar playing “Traveler’s Insurance” is as schizophrenic and all-over-the-place as it can get) of what happens when three concurrent musicians get together right around the time when the rest of the world found out the genre they’re a part of not only isn’t dead, but doesn’t suck.
Fri., Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m., $13-$15, with Mansions, Birthmark and Marge, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 215-563-3980, r5productions.com.
