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There is a revolution coming, a post rock revolution to be precise, it's already started in earnest, British bands such as Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies and 65 Days of Static are getting much more column spaces than they would have gotten two years ago. Bands such Explosion In The Sky and 65 Days of Static are being played on popular Radio One evening shows such as Zane Lowe’s where as you’d normally only have the pleasure of hearing these bands on the late great John Peel’s night time slots. A lot of this is down to bands such as Isis and Hope Of The States taking the basic post rock blueprint and making it their own by creating new, interesting forms of music, they have paved the way for these bands to break through and now 65 Days Of Static are at the forefront of this revolution.
Tonight the Charlotte is featuring a solid bill of good bands, something which happens as often as George Bush saying something intelligent, almost never. First up guitar and drum duo Teen Amateur (a band who if you search for their site on Google will result in you finding 100s of erotica web pages, I didn’t know cock sucking had amateur AND professional levels) create the type of intense, heavy and crushing music even Shellac would be too scared to produce, pussies.
As the venue fills Tired Irie come on stage in a hail of feedback and unleash their angular post rock on the audience, coming on like a mix of Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies and Shipping News trashing about angrily in a basement somewhere, I doubt they will have played many better sets that this one, they’ll probably be playing an All Tomorrows Parties festival very soon. 65 Days of Static label mates Thee More Shallows, who are the proverbial out casts at school, start with their typical mellow sound but slowly, win over the crowd, getting heavier as they go, like Pure Reason Revolution but not as far up their arses.
As 65 Days of Static take to the stage there is a huge cloud of expectation hanging in the air and they don’t disappoint diving straight into an excellent set full of electronic post rock that you can dance to, tracks such as 'play.nice.kids' and 'Install A Break' will not mess with your head but get you to move every part of your body too. For a band that believe playing every set like it’s your last is a given these days tonight’s gig is no exception, they play a flawless set from beginning to end and their drummer is the best drummer I have ever seen, he’s less the new John Bonham and more a new breed of drummer the likes of that have never been seen before. If there was any hope for human civilization then they’d be touring arenas by now. Thank god then that there isn’t and their not because everybody needs to see 65 Days of Static now, Leicester was only a small part of a massive tour. The revolution is coming your way soon, check it out.
Ali Safavi |
| Coding: Darren Burrows