David Bazan of Pedro The Lion Credit: Photo by Ryan Russel
Not that anyone thought that Pedro The Lion was preparing to break up yet again, but the surprise release of the Seattle-based indie outfit’s “Havasu” last winter was much needed after listening to Phoenix—the band’s 2019 comeback album—on repeat during two years of a pandemic.

But the band’s current run of shows doesn’t focus on what’s new, and only sees it run through cover-to-cover performances of both its 1998 debut album “It’s Hard to Find a Friend” and 2002’s Control.

Pedro’s current rhythm guitarist Erik Walkers opens. 

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This article appears in Apr 13-19, 2023.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...