Douglas McCombs & David Daniell + Jack Rose

Though both work in decidedly different disciplines, guitarists Douglas McCombs and David Daniell have been pushing and prodding one another since the latter relocated here just over three years ago. While McCombs is an old hand known to many Chicagoans for his work with Eleventh Dream Day and Tortoise, Daniell’s name isn’t as familiar. He’s operated in the avant-garde fringes, having worked closely with guitar-orchestra pioneer Rhys Chatham (when he first came together with McCombs).

Since migrating from New York, Daniell’s played alongside many local improvisers, and this duo most closely sticks to that abstract language. Together, their amplified guitars emit a revolving drone, swelling into amorphous shapes. Their new Thrill Jockey debut, Sycamore, spans from ambient atmospherics to darker detours, abetted by percussion and electronics. For tonight’s record-release gig, they’re joined by the album’s three guests: McCombs’s Tortoise bandmate John Herndon and improv mainstays Steven Hess and Frank Rosaly.

The tension is sure to rise with three drummers on hand, but expect an attentive hush to overtake the crowd earlier in the evening when guitarist Jack Rose opens with a solo set. The Philadelphia finger-picker works in a narrow area once dubbed “American Primitive,” pioneered by steel-string masters John Fahey and Robbie Basho. Traces of folk, country and blues figure into the former Pelt guitarist’s ornate patterns. On the vivid “Kensington Blues,” Rose weaves threads of sound like an antique loom, his hands meticulously working in unison. Following a series of solo records on his VHF imprint, his latest, Luck in the Valley, should find wider reception when released by Thrill Jockey early next year. Meanwhile, bask in a meditative program that promises to reimagine the Hideout as an existential recital chamber.

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