Aqueous was in full cartoon mode for Halloween, as they celebrated the costume-friendly holiday at Brooklyn, NY’s The Knitting Factory along with Mungion. The concert was professionally filmed and streamed live on Halloween night for fans outside of New York City to enjoy, following their night out of trick-or-treating.

Each Halloween show, Aqueous challenges themselves to take on a theme to influence their performance. In the past, the band has chosen The Wizard of Oz, Back To The Future, and Super Mario Brothers as a template for their Halloween performances. This year, the four-piece decided to pay tribute to everyone’s favorite cartoon channel growing up, Nickelodeon.

Amidst their cartoon-filled set, Aqueous delivered a roaring rendition of “Realize Your Light”, the third track off of their recently released Color Wheel album. The band opened up “Realize Your Light” with an upbeat, trancey groove, as they carefully moved out of the verse’s slow and powerful buildups into the chorus. Guitarist Mike Gantzer soared into a roaring guitar solo, with some angel-like harmonies layered behind Evan McPhaden and Rob Houk’s infectious rhythm section.

You can watch pro-shot video of “Realize Your Light” from Aqueous’ Halloween show below:

Aqueous – “Realize Your Light”

[Video: Aqueous]

Aqueous will continue jamming their way across the country on their North American tour in promotion of Color Wheel. The tour is scheduled to run until the end of the year, when the band will close out 2018 with their annual New Year’s Eve show in Buffalo, New York. Fans can head here for the full list of the band’s upcoming shows and ticketing information.

Setlist: Aqueous | Knitting Factory Brooklyn | Brooklyn, New York | 10/31/18 

Set One: Killer Tofu > Realize Your Light, The Median, Don’t Do It > Catdog Theme > Don’t Do It, Split the Difference > Rocko’s Modern Life Theme > Rugrats Theme > Split the Difference

Set Two: Aldehyde > Ren and Stimpy Theme, Good Enough > Ocean Man > Origami > What’s the Connection? > Hey Arnold Theme > What’s the Connection? > Doug Theme > Weight of the Word

Encore: Rocket Power Theme

Aqueous Upcoming Tour Dates:

11/14 – Birmingham, AL – Zydeco #
11/15 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5 #
11/16 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall #
11/17 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In #
11/28 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig +
11/29 – Chicago, IL – Chop Shop
11/30 – Milwaukee, WI – The Miramar Theatre +
12/5 – Ft. Collins, CO – Hodi’s Halfnote ^
12/6 – Frisco, CO – 10 Mile Music Hall ^
12/7 – Steamboat Springs, CO – Old Town Pub ^
12/8 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre ^
12/11 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room $
12/12 – St. Louis, MO – The Bootleg at Atomic Cowboy $
12/13 – Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi $
12/14 – Covington, KY – Madison Live $
12/15 – Columbus, OH – Woodlands Tavern $
12/31 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom *

^ w/ Mungion
+ w/ EGI
# w/ The Heavy Pets
$ w/ Goose
* w/ lespecial

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