Name: Winged Wheel Trio (Steve Shelley, Fred Thomas, Cory Plump) with Double Gaze
Start: 2026-08-20T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-08-20
Location: SPACE

Winged Wheel Trio

Steve Shelley

Fred Thomas

Cory Plump

Double Gaze

Winged Wheel Trio (Steve Shelley, Fred Thomas, Cory Plump) with Double Gaze

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The trio ft. Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, Tyvek's Fred Thomas, and Spray Paint's Cory Plump redefine psychedelica with cyclonic energy.

'Big Hotel', the sophomore effort of Winged Wheel, is an evolutionary document. Core members Cory Plump (Spray Paint, Rider/Horse, Expensive Shit), Fred Thomas (Tyvek, Idle Ray), Whitney Johnson (Matchess, Damiana), and Matthew J Rolin (Powers/Rolin Duo, solo) expand their lineup to include Lonnie Slack (Water Damage) and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), and instead of the entirely remote method utilized to create their 2022 debut 'No Island', the far-flung party convened in person in Kingston, NY for a long weekend of live studio recording. The results are undeniably compelling. The band’s signature cyclonic energy is simultaneously augmented and refined with the approach of real-time collaboration. After tracking three days’ worth of group improvisations, weirdly-born songs, and other spontaneous creations, the hours of material were edited with a similar intensity. Half-hour jams became three-minute ragers and fragments were looped into infinity, calling on the same spliced aesthetic as some of the most adventurous material by Can, Faust, or more recently the experimental production of the International Anthem camp. The stereo field has been torn apart and sewn together again, rerouted with strange and mesmerizing left turns. Vignettes of ambiguous construction, both tightly coiled and exploding, revolve around themselves, gathering intensity and mass, coalescing into something greater than the sum of its parts.

Ian Paige's new band, Double Gaze, channels a loving return to Maine after years on the west coast. Heart-centered harmonies looking out on Portland from the shores of Peaks Island.

Winged Wheel Trio (Steve Shelley, Fred Thomas, Cory Plump) with Double Gaze

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