Trip the Light Fantastic is back - after taking some time off - but the band's return was far from a given. "It got to the point where we didn't even talk to one another, just showed up at the gig," says Trip the Light guitarist Tyler Pratt. "It was one of those things where we had to just put the Trip the Light thing down so we could figure out what the hell was going on with each other." Luckily, for ears in Tacoma, the boys of Trip the Light Fantastic figured it out, and their brand of far-out indie instrumentals has returned to the stage. On Sunday Trip the Light will play an all-ages show at Jazzbones, then on Thursday, Feb. 4 they'll plug in for a 21+ crowd at The New Frontier. "It was a bummer. No one wanted to stop because we all loved the band," says Pratt. "When you go through something like that with your brothers it's a big eye opener. Now we all seem to be in a better place. Just getting loose and getting to create with each other again is utopian." 

[Jazzbones, with Island of Birds, Wheelies, 7 p.m., all ages, no cover, 2803 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.396.9169]