The Maintain Regular frontman Craig Finn has joined The Conflict On Medicine to carry out a sequence of covers on the latter band’s latest present in Pennsylvania.
The Conflict On Medicine enlisted Finn as a part of their Drugcember To Keep in mind live performance sequence, which the band revived this 12 months at Johnny Brenda’s of their hometown of Philadelphia. Performing in the course of the sequence’ second Philadelphia present on Tuesday (December 20), the band welcomed Finn for a joint efficiency of three covers and a Finn authentic.
The set kicked off with a rendition of ‘Blankets’, lifted from Finn’s 2019 solo album ‘I Want A New Conflict’. Finn was then backed by The Conflict On Medicine for a canopy of Warren Zevon’s ‘Play It All Night time Lengthy’, which initially appeared on Zevon’s 1980 album ‘Unhealthy Luck Streak in Dancing College’. John Hiatt’s ‘Stroll On’ – from his 1995 album of the identical identify – was subsequent on the setlist.
For his or her ultimate observe collectively – a canopy of Bob Seger‘s ‘Towards The Wind’ – Finn and The Conflict On Medicine enlisted fellow visitor Matt Lowell, lead vocalist for LA band Lo Moon. Watch footage from the live performance under.
The remainder of The Conflict On Medicine’ setlist for the night largely consisted of cuts from their 2014 album ‘Misplaced In The Dream’ together with final 12 months’s ‘I Don’t Dwell Right here Anymore’.
Previous to their Drugcember To Keep in mind live shows, The Conflict On Medicine had carried out songs from ‘I Don’t Dwell Right here Anymore’ on a handful of events, together with on The Ellen DeGeneres Present in January and as a part of a Tiny Desk Live performance in November 2021. The deluxe model of ‘I Don’t Dwell Right here Anymore’ was launched in September.
Talking of the inspiration behind ‘I Don’t Dwell Right here Anymore’ in a 2021 interview with NME, The Conflict On Medicine frontman Adam Granduciel stated: “We’re impressed by 1,000,000 artists that we see. We grew up going to reveals, seeing all these killer bands, then you find yourself enjoying a present with them or you find yourself assembly them and it’s all a part of it. It’s about being impressed by the opposite issues which might be occurring.”