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End Of The Road festival-goers were today (Sunday) treated to two very different sets by Hobokenโ€™s finest, Yo La Tengo, currently celebrating their 30th anniversary.

In the afternoon, Ira, Georgia and James commandeered the ornate 1895 Singing Theatre at Larmer Tree Gardens to stage their Freewheeling Yo La Tengo set, a quiet performance that featured Q&As from the crowd and some surprising covers.

So, as well as answering questions about the bandโ€™s favourite subjects at school (Georgia: โ€œthe rest periodโ€), the best group ever (The Clean, according to Ira) and their happiest memories (James went for hour 14 of a massive Simpsons marathon), we got versions of Donovanโ€™s โ€œSeason Of The Witchโ€ and a Half Japanese track, along with minimal, hushed versions of their own โ€œAutumn Sweaterโ€ and โ€œLittle Eyesโ€.

Less hushed and minimal is the groupโ€™s afternoon set on the Woods Stage, which features far less chat and far more feedback.

Aside from โ€œTom Courtenayโ€, the band skirt their more recognisable songs in favour of some deeper cuts, many showing off their noisier side. โ€œOhmโ€ is laced with feedback, Ira Kaplan whirling his Jazzmaster around his head, and their customary cover of The Beach Boysโ€™ โ€œLittle Hondaโ€ tonight lasts for nearly 10 minutes if you include its free noise middle section.

Some of Yo La Tengoโ€™s quieter side is again shown, though, with tender renditions of โ€œIโ€™ll Be Aroundโ€, โ€œThe Summerโ€, a new arrangement of โ€œBig Day Comingโ€, this time in a jauntier folk style, and the closing โ€œOur Way To Fallโ€.

Yo La Tengo played:

[The Freewheeling set]

The Point Of It

Season Of The Witch

Satellite

[Half Japanese song]

Autumn Sweater

Little Eyes

[The Woods Stage set]

Shaker

Before We Run

Super Kiwi

Stockholm Syndrome

Season Of The Shark

Big Day Coming

The Summer

Iโ€™ll Be Around

Double Dare

Tom Courtenay

Ohm

Little Honda

Our Way To Fall

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