You’ll thank us for recommending you check out Baltimore trio at Death by Audio tonight
Death by Audio
49 South Second St., Brooklyn
Saturday, February 12, $7, 8:00
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The Baltimore trio of Jeffrey McGrath, Michael Bouyoucas, and Emmanuel Nicolaidis, who make up Thank You, get credit for each playing “everything” on the group’s third album, GOLDEN WORRY (Thrill Jockey, January 2011). The follow-up to 2007’s WORLD CITY and 2008’s TERRIBLE TWO, their latest release contains six tracks that weave and wind their way through a multitude of sounds, with McGrath primarily on guitar, Bouyoucas on bass and organ, and Nicolaidis on drums, with lots of other instruments and vocalizations thrown into the massive mix. GOLDEN WORRY blasts off with the powerful “1-2-3 Bad,” which shoots out in all directions at a fast and furious pace, followed by the more melodic, steady, almost New Agey — um, make that spacey — “Birth Reunion,” which features a fab, freaky finale that works as a great lead-in for the full-force funk attack that kicks off “Pathetic Magic,” which was part of a 2009 twelve-inch with GOLDEN WORRY’s chant-filled “Strange All,” which really gives newcomer Nicolaidis a chance to strut his stuff, taking over for original Thank You drummer Elke Wardlaw, and works well with the great squealing on “Continental Divide” and some high flying on the closer, “Can’t/Can,” so there are no worries that Thank You is worth thanking again for another compelling disc. Yes, that sentence left us breathless too, but from what we’ve heard, that’s what Thank You’s live shows will do to you as well. They’ll be at Death by Audio tonight with Math the Band, Ed Schrader, and labelmate Dustin Wong, who also knows how to weave and wind his way through awesome sounds.