Sun 17 Feb – Holy Fuck, A Place to Bury Strangers, Airiel, Stanley Rossawesomeawesomeawesome
my ears are still ringing, srsly.
walked in during
Airiel's first song and thought to myself, "holy shit these guys are loud, is this a place to bury strangers?" if they were from new york, THEY'd be "the loudest band in new york." they create such a thick wall of noise, it's very reminiscent of
Hum. even vocally it reminded me of hum. the drummer was fantastic and the inclusion of cool, psychadelic projections made their set very enjoyable.
got up front for
A Place To Bury Strangers. the bassist looked like he should be in
The Jesus Lizard. the drummer looked like
ultimate donny with long hair. the guitarist was a tall, unassuming skinny fella. they rocked the fuck out! not quite as loud as i was expecting but boy, the guitarist sure can make his rather beat-up guitar scream. he would violently strum with the whammy bar inside his hand... never really noticed anyone do that before. while airiel were loud and intense, a place to bury strangers varied their sound and made their set much more dynamic. i tried to take some pics but it was too dark, even with the projections. but then all of a sudden, and the most opportune time, the strobe lights kicked in and the guitarist went nuts. he was flailing all over the place, throwing the guitar around until he finally ripped all of the strings out and left it for dead. it was here that i got
a few nice shots. they bludgeoned us with one more song before walking off the stage like nothing happened. i loved it, it was amazing.
Holy Fuck had the unenviable task of following that up and quite frankly, they got blown out of the water. with a new drummer (at least the third different one i've seen with them), they were much heavier than usual. i can only assume this was to try to keep up with a place to bury strangers but it wasn't even close. they were fun like always, just not what i was looking for or needed at that point. and as usual, they only played for about 40 min. i'm happy that holy fuck's doing their first real headlining tour in the states but i feel bad that their support is too good for them.
anyways, check out a place to bury strangers if you like loud, incredible, mesmerizing music.
