More so than most of their peers on Thrill Jockey Records, Trans Am lived up to the “rock” part of their post-rock tag, exaggerating the most overblown tropes of prog-rock. Last year the group released their latest record, Thing, but for this tour they'll be performing their recently reissued 1999 record Futureworld in its entirety. It remains a wonderfully odd, high-concept record, an imagining of the future of rock 'n' roll through the lens of the '80s, when nothing screamed “future” louder than cheap, robotic keyboards and vocoders.
Trans Am w/ Majeure and Catacombz
Tonight @ Cactus Club, 9 p.m.
