Wow. How to describe this gig and do it justice? Son Lux's "Lanterns" is a good album and all, but the live performance cranked things up five-hundred-fold, adding so many elements and twists and eccentricities that weren't there before. It's a show that flitted between haunting, echoey balladry and full on barrages of Boredoms-esque noise rock, a show that was cerebral yet also dancey, a show that on paper was the epitome of Pitchfork hipsterism, yet also delivered substance to back up the style. Given I was expecting a guy droning over pre-recorded backing tracks, the fact I witnessed one of the greatest live introductions to a band since perhaps Battles or Wildbirds and Peacedrums was a truly thrilling experience, and one that I would recommend to anyone who likes having their minds blown.
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