Data
Quarta-feira 19 de Novembro de 2014 às 19h30m
Local
Scala
275 Pentonville Road,
London,
N1 9NL,
United Kingdom
Tel: 02078332022
Link
Descrição
Montreal based art-punk band Ought have announced a European tour which includes a show at The Scala in London.
Ought has been burning with a strong and steady flame since flickering to life in Montreal in 2011. Holed up in a shared apartment that doubled as their rehearsal space, the four band members self-recorded a first EP and played their first show in these domestic confines, then busted out into the city's loft circuit, and into the city streets during the Printemps d'Erable Quebec student general strike, in 2012. These inspired months of mass mobilization against neo-liberal austerity measures galvanized a wide and inspiring range of agit-prop expression in Montreal, and indelibly shaped the emerging sound, vision and social mandate of Ought. Guitarist/vocalist Tim Beeler, who previously had been writing poetry and folk music, drew new energy from electrification/amplification and from solidarity/protest alike; his declarative, observational vocal style ranges from wide-eyed to worried, but never submits to cool irony or emotional detachment.
Their Latest release 'More Than Any Other Day' is the result of a week of recording and mixing at Montreal's Hotel2Tango with engineer Radwan Moumneh (Suuns, Matana Roberts, Jerusalem In My Heart) in November 2013; the album replaces the band's previously self-released 5-song Bandcamp EP of the same name, comprised of a separate set of recordings.
Support on the night comes from VIET CONG. Viet Cong are comprised of a group of friends who have played together in various different bands over the last five years — including the highly influential band Women, who released two highly regarded albums before ending in 2010. Over the last two years afterward, Matt Flegel and Scott Munro worked in their basement studio with a mess of old and run down equipment to build a set of fresh material. Joined by bandmates Daniel Christiansen and Michael Wallace, the band completed work on an debut cassette.
What emerged from the studio was a mixture of sharply-angled rhythm workouts and euphoric ‘60s garage pop-esque melodies, balanced with a penchant for drone-y, VU-styled downer moments. These hard-to-find tapes were only available on tour and quickly built up a fanbase, and in July 2014 Mexican Summer pressed it to vinyl for the first time, as the “Cassette” EP. Since, the band has played all over North America, including a slot at the Four Knots festival in NYC.
Through inventive recording techniques, improvisation or a blending of genres, Viet Cong are constantly challenging themselves, and the band is currently putting the finishing touches on a full length debut LP due in 2015.
vietcong.bandcamp.com
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