The Slip

BY Johnston FarrowPublished Mar 6, 2007

The years of touring the East coast culminated in one of the most well received sets of the week for the Boston three-piece. Not that one had to tell those packed onto the Attic dance floor, as the Slip played a set of sprawling, folk-tinged rock that relied on a bank of peddles to create atmosphere, underlining the emotional lyrics of Brad Barr. Capping things off with an encore cover of Elvis Costello’s "Peace, Love and Understanding,” Barr crowd-surfed midway through, not missing a single note in what had to be the most rock’n’roll moment of the HPX.

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