Eight is enough

Anathallo is an eight-piece collective from Mount Pleasant, Mich. There were bits of sensitive-boy indie pop, post-punk clatter and experimental folk in their sound. They were certainly well-received by the audience who seemed to prefer them to the headliner (unlike myself). Quite apart fom the music - which came off like a concoction of Animal Collective, The Sunburned Hand of the Man and Iron and Wine - they had a fairly dynamic stageshow as well.

They started off with some unison clapping.



Anathallo is definitely one of those multi-instrumental bands, with everyone except the drummer (and perhaps the bassist) playing something else at one point.



They didn't bring the kitchen sink, but they did muster a few pots and pans ... from left to right we have Seth Walker, Andrew Dost and Daniel Bracken.



What the heck, throw some chain in there too, courtesy of Erica Froman.



Main brain Matt Joynt.



Dual xylophone action with Brett Wallin and Greg Leppert!



Yet more percussion with drummer Jeremiah Johnson.



Singalong action!



Everybody shake!



Everybody fall over!



Some more brass instrumentation ...



Some more twisting and shaking ...



On their last song the used only vocals and some piano.



The obligatory group shot (actually, someone is missing; I blame the post).