PLAYGROUND BOSTON

The Cave Singers (photo by Pete Legasey)

When I first got to the Cave Singers show at TT the Bear’s last Thursday, I glanced at the set list posted outside the door. Shit. They don’t go on until midnight. With a reluctant sigh and the Charlie Brown music playing in my head, I yanked the door open and headed straight for the bar. Might as well enjoy myself, right?

But then a sound caught my ear and caused me to twist my head around towards the stage: Old Abram Brown was mid-song and lead singer Carson Lund had just brandished a glossy trumpet. The stately sound floated throughout their songs rather than acting as a solo and it was the perfect complement to Lund’s fervent vocals, accented with a faint, raw quiver. “Alright,” I thought. “Maybe this won’t be that terrible.”

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