From Ritual To Romance

Another performance from the LF Live 2000 DVD.



There were a couple of posthumous releases after the Loud Family split up following the Attractive Nuisance tour. One was the Live 2000 DVD and another was the live album From Ritual To Romance. Both releases are still in print and available from 125 Records, but everybody reading this probably already knows that.

The live album comes from the San Francisco shows on the 1996 Interbabe Concern and 1998 Days For Days tours. Both shows were the final dates on their respective tours, where the band was in top form playing for a hometown crowd and faraway fans who made the trip to see them. I was at both shows, and the album captures the vibe of both tours really well. Untitled DFD tracks, old Loud Family and Game Theory songs, almost as good as actually being there!

Every Loud Family tour had a "designated cover tune" that the band played during the regular set. 1996's cover was the Pixies' "Debaser" and 1998's was "When You Sleep" by My Bloody Valentine. Both covers are included on the album (as well as a snippet of Eno's "Here Come The Warm Jets") which provides a snapshot of the LF on each tour. The designated cover on the 2000 Tour was the dB's "Tearjerkin'", which is included on the DVD. Scott Miller has had great taste in cover tunes for his entire career, from the early days of Game Theory to his most recent solo appearances and most recent collaboration with Anton Barbeau, which will be the next (and final) installment in the month of Scott Miller.