Pazi Steklo & Company -- Tugboat (live) (VIDEO) (cover) 9-27-2025

Описание: Pazi Steklo & Company -- Tugboat (live) (VIDEO) (cover) 9-27-2025
(Dean Wareham)

Pazi Steklo – Vocals, Guitar
James Furfaro – Guitar
Robert Powers – Bass
Danjel Heard Jr. – Drums

Recorded live at Sutton’s Open Mic Carrollton, GA 9-27-2025
Video by JD Bavaro

Review: Covering Galaxie 500’s “Tugboat” is no small feat—it’s like trying to whisper in a cathedral. The original is a lo-fi hymn to detachment, a dream-pop shrug that somehow aches. But Pazi Steklo doesn’t just cover it—he communes with it.

From the first strum, the band channels the song’s spectral DNA. Pazi’s vocals are plaintive and unadorned, like he’s singing from the deck of a tugboat that’s already left the harbor. James Furfaro’s guitar floats in and out like fog, while Robert Powers and Danjel Heard Jr. keep the rhythm steady but never rigid—like waves lapping against a hull.

What makes this performance shimmer is its restraint. There’s no attempt to modernize or embellish. Instead, it’s a ritual of fidelity and feeling. When Pazi sings “I just wanna be your tugboat captain,” it’s not ironic—it’s devotional. A declaration of purpose from someone who’s spent decades wiring the backbone of communication and now just wants to drift in the signal.

This isn’t nostalgia. It’s resonance. A cover that doesn’t just honor the original—it extends its myth.