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The Disco Biscuits Debut Triumphant ‘Hot Air Balloon’ Song ‘Falling’ In Iceland

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The Disco Biscuits continued their three-night “Trance Atlantic” run at Reykjavik, Iceland’s Eldborg Hall at Harpa on Sunday. The jamtronica quartet unveiled a new song from the stage production of their Hot Air Balloon rock opera.

The Disco Biscuits — bassist Marc Brownstein, guitarist Jon “Barber” Gutwillig, keyboardist Aron Magner and drummer Allen Aucoin — kicked off the show on Sunday with a standalone “Mr. Don.” The quartet then brought “Voices Insane” past the 14-minute mark before heading into “Falling.”

The Disco Biscuits first performed Hot Air Balloon in its entirety on New Year’s Eve 1998 and would go on to deliver the rock opera eight more times, most recently marking the 20th anniversary of Hot Air Balloon’s debut. Earlier this year, the band announced that Hot Air Balloon was being adapted for the theatrical stage with the title The Very Moon: A Steampunk Musical. The production recently premiered in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia in a one-night-only event.

Written by Barber and Magner, “Falling” is one of the new songs penned for the Hot Air Balloon adaptation, The Very Moon: A Steampunk Musical. The Disco Biscuits debut of the triumphant tune clocked in at nearly five minutes before the band finished up “Voices Insane.”

The band then stretched out on another new song, “Space Train,” which is a part of another rock opera the group has in the works. Bisco began rolling out songs for the new project in 2022. “Space Train” flowed into “Shadow” and “Anthem” before tDB wrapped the first frame with the ending of “Save The Robots.”

The second set got underway with the band continuing the dyslexic version of “Save The Robots,” a 25-minute excursion. Nearly 20-minute versions of new song “The Wormhole” and oldie “Crickets” came next, with tDB performing the latter in an inverted format. “The Deal” counted as the penultimate song of the frame ahead of a 17-minute “I-Man” to wrap the seamless, five-song second set. Bisco returned for the newly unveiled cover of Dead Or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record).”

Offical audio via nugs.net:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsjFrlGLtoY/?hl=en

Setlist (via tDB Facebook)

Set One: Mr. Don, Voices Insane -> Falling* -> Voices Insane, Space Train -> Shadow -> Anthem -> Save the Robots (ending)

Set Two: Save the Robots-> The Wormhole-> Crickets (inverted)-> The Deal-> I-Man

Encore: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

Notes:

*Original debut

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