This band travels with their own art installation. But the electropop duo has something Clams doesn’t – visual interest. Purity Ring beat-master Corin Roddick is an avowed Clams Casino devotee and Megan James’ vocals can sound a lot like an impish Bjork (a favorite Clams sample). There are more than a few continuities between Clams and the act that follows him on the blue stage. When the last track peters out completely, he shuffles offstage in silence. The sound cuts out before booming back in, and Clams is clearly having difficulties with his equipment. Still, there’s not much to look at, and things start to go a little funky towards the end of the set. The arms get more enthusiastic when Clams launches into familiar tracks like “Bass” (also for A$AP Rocky) and “I’m God” (for Lil B). Arms bounce gamely in the air as wave after wave of chilled out bass wafts out from the stage, punctuated occasionally by a chopped up vocal or particularly explosive beat. He says nary a word to the crowd, which doesn’t seem to mind much. Clams doesn’t reveal much: whatever clicking and dropping he’s doing to create those crushing, reverb-heavy beats is obscured behind a shrouded podium. This is clearly an artist used to being the man behind the curtain. The contrast between the exuberant party put on by the A$AP crew and Clams’ own performance couldn’t be starker though.
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