The Whags, on tour from Seattle, return to the Great Northern for a night of jam, americana, funk and groove. The group released their second album, All Along the Water There's a Mountain Song, on August 8th and are hitting the road in support of that record. Tracked at Woodinville’s famed Bear Creek Studios, the album vividly encapsulates the wide net they cast over Americana, replete with southern-rock guitar licks, the dual vocals of bluegrass, and the same enchanting aura of classic jam bands. Like a walk in nature enhanced by magic mushrooms, All Along the Water’s details flicker into strange, vibrant shapes resembling memories of influences past. The live show expands upon the tight compositions found on the album and allows the band to create expansive textures and exploratory jam sections. Wherever they choose to travel, there’s a refreshing unseriousness to their gait, an unwillingness to profess that their music is anything more than it actually is — musician friends synced up in the moment and recorded to tape. Local psych funk outfit Schticky supports.