My ears still haven't recovered. Not quite post-rock, not quite prog-rock but most definitely fucking loud, the 8-piece's apocalyptic 'end-time ballads”shook Camden to its foundations. Although the Mogwai/GY!BE influences are clear (the bassist from the former band was a founding member), there's a lot more going on than just guitar-centric crescendos- there's a theatrical element to them that's much more Pink Floyd than the po-faced minimalism that normally besets the genre. Highlight was “Burnt Reynolds” which unexpectedly was even more OTT than on record, with the small but appreciative audience happily filling in the song's choral parts. Fantastic.
(Photo: Dematak (Flickr))
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