Wino Wednesday: Saint Vitus, “Thirsty and Miserable” Live in Denver, 2012
I saw Saint Vitus on this tour. They played the St. Vitus bar in Brooklyn just a couple nights before this Denver, Colorado, show on Oct. 3, 2012. It was one of the best shows I was ever lucky enough to catch, so to find them in top form as they run through this rendition of Black Flag‘s “Thirsty and Miserable” isn’t really much of a surprise. Having released their awaited return album, Lillie: F-65 (review here), earlier in the year on Season of Mist, they were riding high at that point, their on-stage reunion having been going for about three years since initially making their return at Roadburn in 2009. They were a sight to behold there as well.
Since this is, rather unbelievably, the first time I’m writing about Vitus in 2015, I’ll say that the big question concerning the band now is whether or not they’ll follow-up Lillie: F-65 with another studio album. Guitarist Dave Chandler put out word in July 2013 that he and drummer Henry Vasquez were working on new material, but I’ve yet to hear of anything newer than the last record being played live, and though the band has done a couple reissues through Season of Mist, there’s been no real update on progress for what would be their ninth outing. Last Fall, when Wino was arrested in Norway near the end of Saint Vitus‘ 35th anniversary European tour and subsequently entered rehab, he made a statement that noted several projects in the works. A new Vitus record was not one of them.
Chandler, Vasquez and bassist Mark Adams finished the last several shows of that tour as a three-piece, and while a new photo of the band hoisting liquor bottles in unified toast was posted on Feb. 1, I don’t actually know when it was taken or what their plans are moving forward. An air of mystery, perhaps, and obviously that feeds fan intrigue, but it would be cool to get some kind of advisory or status update from Saint Vitus, just to figure out where they’re at.
I’ll keep my eye out. For now, enjoy this multi-cam capture of “Thirsty and Miserable” from Denver and have a great Wino Wednesday:
