Wed 22 Aug – ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
If you drew a big musical map, somewhere in between the likes of Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Beatles and Explosions in the Sky you'll find a genre-dodging band with the big mouthful of a moniker ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
This band are awesome on record but somehow didn't quite cut it live when saw them back in February (to steal another reviewer's line - "...and you will know us by the polite applause"). Being a generous soul with benefit of the doubt, I set off to catch them when they were back in town tonight - and I was mighty glad I did.
This time the venom was really dripping, and the volume cranked up past 11. Songs schizophrenically snapped out of floating ethereal guitar/piano into grimacing, gut-wrenching walls of noise, salivating emotion like a rabid dog. Whatever might have been lacking before was here in abundance.
This time they lived up to their hell-raiser reputation. …
If you drew a big musical map, somewhere in between the likes of Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Beatles and Explosions in the Sky you'll find a genre-dodging band with the big mouthful of a moniker ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
This band are awesome on record but somehow didn't quite cut it live when saw them back in February (to steal another reviewer's line - "...and you will know us by the polite applause"). Being a generous soul with benefit of the doubt, I set off to catch them when they were back in town tonight - and I was mighty glad I did.
This time the venom was really dripping, and the volume cranked up past 11. Songs schizophrenically snapped out of floating ethereal guitar/piano into grimacing, gut-wrenching walls of noise, salivating emotion like a rabid dog. Whatever might have been lacking before was here in abundance.
This time they lived up to their hell-raiser reputation. …
