leper war
From my observations, you could divide the crowd at last night's Wolf Eyes show into three groups:
1) Those people who were dragged along or were sort of curious and ended up being a bit perplexed by the entire thing.
2) Those people who seem to have an almost religious devotion to noise and spend the show with their eyes closed, standing eerily still.
3) Those people who got a bit drunk, flailed around a bit, and yelled things like "fuck yeah!"
I would count myself in the latter group, although I was also motivated to attend due to a healthy dose of curiosity. I also have to say, the second group of people weirded me out a bit. I mean, it's "noise" but there are rhythms buried under all the crash and bang, and the band is rocking out.
At any rate, I'm sure it's not the type of thing that's for everyone, but I found the live Wolf Eyes experience significantly more rewarding then the recorded one (though I've been spinning Human Animal a fair bit lately).
If you were going to see Favourite Sons tomorrow, you will want to make alternate plans, because they bailed on their tour and left the poor Drones and Devastations high and dry in America. Since they have no backline gear, they have understandably canceled the Vancouver date.
now playing: Matthew Friedberger - Up the River
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I think I was in the second group, but have found myself thus far unmoved by Wolf Eyes' recorded material. I think by the end of the show I did start to appreciate the "they're just a rock band than noise" quip from the Zulu clerk who had to poo-poo my hasty description of Wolf Eyes to my shopping comanion as a ticket was purchased some weeks ago.
It was definitely funny for me to see a band rocking so when I couldnt hear the rockingness in the swirling miasma... especially the cleanest-cut of the three with the 3-string instrument. Poor sound? Cheap earplugs? Who knows, but I was listening intently and stock-still. I did hear a riff at one point though!
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