[Lafayette, IN] At least here, the
doorman remains the same… and one of the bartenders too… and the “Please Don’t
Do Coke In Our Bathroom” sign. Unblah! This band was fantastic. The lead singer
was dressed 80s nerd with the curly pompadour and pointy white shoes – he gyrated
and he had his smoke machine. I am a massive sucker for synthy dark music so
this all would have been enough for me, but this band was more than that. For
one, the lead singer was also an astounding guitar player – and how many
astounding guitar players choose to form a band like this? I wish they all
would. They were kind of a more rocking Joy Division, a more synthy Bauhaus –
but there was also something rich in their music – the band head nodded
throughout, as if they were shoegazers. And I liked that the shortest band
member was sandwiched between the two tallest band members and was practically
reaching up to his high keyboard. This band’s sound is too reminiscent of 80s
goth to be described as breaking new ground but what a welcome relief from all
the new sound nonsense J
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