Trey Anastasio’s new Ghosts of the Forest project will play Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre on April 19th with Yo La Tengo and Berkeley, CA’s Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley on April 20th with Khruangbin. Trey recently caught up with Relix‘s Mike Greenhaus to discuss the upcoming April shows and his admiration for both support acts.
Trey begins by discussing the similarities between the upcoming multi-night Greek run and Phish‘s historic 1998 Island Tour run. He explains,
I had hoped that the two Greek shows, in two different cities, would end up taking on the quality of one singular event, like the Island Tour from ‘98,” Anastasio says, thinking back to Phish’s famed, last-minute, four-show April run through Long Island and Rhode Island 21 years ago. “Yo La Tengo and Khruangbin both have an elegant musicality that draws a line between the two nights for me, which makes me happy.”
Trey moves forward with high praise for both Yo La Tengo and Khruangbin. He continues,
I love Yo La Tengo—I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is my favorite of their albums,” he says of their 1997 mix of sweet, tender songs and droning jams. “Their songs are so good, and there’s an emotional simplicity to their music that feels like they captured lightning in a bottle. I love Georgia’s drumming. Ira is such a cool guitar player. And all three of their vocals are great. I’m excited to meet them. I’m a fan. …
My daughter turned me on to Khruangbin after she saw them at a festival a couple years ago, and I love them,” he says. “They have their finger on the pulse. I love how melody-centric they are, particularly the bass, which was the first thing to catch my ear. They sound like they are mining for the universal melody. I believe in that. Music beyond stylistic boundaries—it feels borderless.
Trey’s new Ghosts of the Forest band features his Phish bandmate Jon Fishman, Trey Anastasio Band members Jennifer Hartswick, Tony Markellis, and Ray Paczkowski, and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Celisse Henderson, who was featured alongside Hartswick as a backup singer at Phish’s 2016 Halloween performance of Ziggy Stardust. Fans still have no idea what to expect from the mysterious band, with Trey offering no hints in the recent interview.
Tickets are still available for both Greek Theatre shows via Ticketmaster.
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