Today, MORE!, shared the official audio from their debut performance at Dead & Company's destination event Playing in the Sand. The quartet, led by Tom Hamilton and comprised of Brothers Past collaborators Tom McKee, Joe D'Amico, Jim Hamilton and Scotty Zwang, had only performed in public two times prior to the recording.
The release titled LIVE - 01.15.23 - Cancun, Mexico documents MORE!'s explosive improvisational skills with musical journies "Utopiary Window" and "Keep on Movin'" along with their ability to interpret with an excellent rendition of The Allman Brother Band's "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed."
"This is a group that I've been dreaming of playing with for years. The core four of us have known each other since we were in high school," said Hamilton in a press release. "It's pretty awesome to have a band with four songwriters, four lead singers, and with the addition of Scotty all five of us speak the same language when it comes to improvising. It's a very creatively-fertile environment."
The release marks the first of several between MORE! and Royal Potato Family, which Hamilton has been working with for years: "We have a lot of music already recorded. Singles, weird instrumental sprawls, acoustic diddies, plus a dozen new songs in the pipeline," added Hamilton. "It's awesome. We figure why not just release everything a la carte as it gets mixed, including the handful of live shows we'll do this year. RPF has been my label home for almost a decade now and I'm so grateful that they're on board."
MORE!'s next appearance will take place at Ardmore Music Hall outside of Philadelphia in Ardmore, Pa., on Feb. 24. Learn more and find tickets here.
Listen to cuts from LIVE - 01.15.23 - Cancun, Mexico below.
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LIVE - 01.15.23 - Cancun, Mexico
Track Listing
1. Ballad of the Misguided Shadow
2. Utopiary Window
3. Lunar Cycle
4. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
5. Keep on Movin'
6. Alone in the Valley
7. Crutch
