The Olivia Tremor Control

‏On the heels of Jeff Mangum’s recent comeback tour comes another essential giant of the Elephant 6 collective, The Olivia Tremor Control. Since their debut in the early ‘90s, this trio of Louisiana natives slowly created what would become a legacy amongst experimental psych-folk before calling it quits in 2000. After a quiet decade-long hiatus, The Olivia Tremor Control reunited in 2009 to play a series of live shows leading up to last year’s release of new single “The Game You Play Is In Your Head, Pts. 1, 2, & 3.” It’s unclear whether or not this is the first single from an upcoming album, but for now at least we can once again groove along as this threesome performs crazy amounts of multi-instrumentation, tempo changes and songs with 30 different moving parts. Long live Elephant 6, at least for the duration of Pitchfork Fest. (Friday, 4:35-5:30, Green Stage) –text: Valerie Wojs