The Tremolo Beer Gut • Live Beyond Our Means LP (Vinyl)
Since forming in 1998, The Tremolo Beer Gut built their reputation not only through a remarkable series of studio albums, but through exhilarating live performances that transformed their unique blend of Surf, Garage Rock, Spaghetti Western themes and Rock 'n' Roll attitude into something even more powerful. Fans had long argued that the band's onstage energy deserved to be captured on record, and Live Beyond Our Means is the thrilling answer to that request.
Rather than recording in front of a huge festival crowd, the band chose the intimacy of Tambourine Studios in Malmö, inviting just fifty to sixty friends, family and devoted fans to witness the performance. The result is a live album that feels wonderfully immediate. You can almost imagine yourself standing a few feet from the amplifiers as the guitars echo through the room and the rhythm section drives relentlessly from one tune to the next.
The sixteen-song set draws from every era of The Tremolo Beer Gut's career, featuring favourites including Las Vegas, Chinese Spy, Diablo Mountains Sunrise, Clayton's Hotrod, Theme From The Beer Hunter, Zoo Bizarre and Gangster Surf. Without studio polish getting in the way, the band's trademark twang, cinematic melodies and Garage Rock edge sound more direct and more exhilarating than ever.
Live Beyond Our Means isn't simply a greatest hits collection played live. It captures the atmosphere that has made The Tremolo Beer Gut such a respected live act for more than two decades: loud, loose, immensely accomplished and performed with the kind of infectious... let's not use that word... sheer enthusiasm that reminds you why instrumental music can be every bit as exciting as any vocal band.
