“Just a Spark” was recently released on July 19 on the Creatures, Vol. The fourth song of the evening was also one of the band’s newest. After a seven-minute road trip, a gentle transition into “I Love Music” sent the crowd dancing and clapping. Just over three minutes on the 2010 album Man of the World, this version was stretched out to nearly 12.ĭan “LEBO” Lebowitz traded his acoustic for a seat at his pedal steel guitar for the fan and band favorite “Wasting Time.” Also known as the “Isla Vista Song,” the sleepy beach town vibe of the track was a perfect fit for early placement in a Santa Cruz show. “Country Camper,” a 2007 iTunes bonus track accompanying the full-length Roses and Clover, was a fun, lighthearted introduction to the evening. Throughout the set they reminisced on growing up around the area and their love for the magic conjured. While the band came into what it is today while students at UC Santa Barbara, their friendship began as middle schoolers just over the hill from Santa Cruz in Saratoga, CA. ALO, or Animal Liberation Orchestra, the four-piece funk-jam and feel-good groove machine from the San Francisco Bay Area “blew out the walls” of Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz, CA on Friday night. The two-set deep-dive through their catalog (including brand-new additions) served as an excellent warm-up to their headlining set at the Petaluma Music Festival on Saturday.

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