These Waves are probably the best derby band at the moment (possibly ever) and pretty much the only way to hear them is to travel to derby or nottingham and watch them support bands in gritty venues.
They brought a really good show full of energy to the cramped "stage" area and seemed more confident with their music than ever. THrashing about while playing and flicking their fringes. Edgy post hardcore with the same mathrock elements that made bands like Meet Me in St Louis and Secondsmile special. Shouty vocals and screams ontop the stop/start wall of sound they create is really interesting and each song is really solid. THe vocals which at times before had seemed a bit scratchy were sounding much more refined today, probably their best performance I've witnessed yet. Sadly this band have fallen on hard times and so i implore you to support them.
Alright the Captain are an awesome local instruMENTAL band who created alot of noise for three guys. I've heard them described as aggresive experimental rock, metal, prog rock, deranged art surf ... what comes to my mind when i hear them though is really tight math/metal like 65daysofstatic playing metallica with some cool spacey noises to boot. Loud, experimental and bloody good to watch. Their set was full of energy and really captivating, using the bass to create moments of surf style distortion and a mathy guitar line over some mental rythms. Surprising that such a small local band can be so good.
Brontide have blown me away before, their sheer musical genius and charisma but this time it was the performance they really stepped up a gear. Tim brilliantly loops guitars and slowly builds a huge wall of layers and tension, before manic explosiosive breakdowns that make your eyes pop out and have the whole band moshing like glamrockers. . With a change in the setlist the whole thing didnt flow aswell as it had previous times, but put that down to lack of practice since they havent really had a chance with a buzz of activity in several different projects. Still there was only one break from their relentless set as they play a new song to finish with. Some of the best techy-math music ever; like battles bashing russian circles with a loop pedal.
I really need to get a picture of tims pedal board... its pretty epic. GO AND SEE THEM LIVE OR ME WRITING THIS HAS BEEN WASTED TIME.
I thought Shapes would be really, really, really good live, but they were only really good. I think the problem is they lack some of the subtlty of their records in live shows, didnt stop the racket they made being very fucking good and the performance easily matching any other band of the night. Sweaty and topless they jumped and spat and screamed out the entirity of the new ep and a few oldies, tearing it up. THe songs sounded alot more distorted and harder live, with the shouts and screams less precise and more haphazard. THe mathy feel of their eps was lost to a more jagged hardcore sound. Set highlight was the short but brilliant Trampled By A Horse... amazing stuff, and as the name suggests pretty brutal.
Anyway the Shapes and Brontide tour is to support their new split 10": HOLY MONSTERS (holy roar + big scary monsters)
it also features the tupolev ghost and holy state who are also amazing. BUY IT HERE
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