To get in to the real mood of this post, you should probably listen to some
Sounds Like BS because that is what I am currently doing. Well, was doing when I wrote this. It's fresh shit, up from the basement.
Right Right Right so here we go.
Basically I was going to write some concert review for a Toronto blog -
BlogTO but I have bad grammar so that might not happen. For now, you can read my attempt at pro blogging below:
Evangelicals – Your new favorite Ghost Rock band
Imagine it’s an overcast, misty night in late September with only 34 days till Halloween – the perfect setting for an Evangelicals show. Ok, well maybe not exactly but that doesn’t mean that this band out of Norman, Oklahoma would ever be anything less then awesome. The evening at Sneakys Dee’s started out with two local bands, both who’s named failed to be mentioned coherently. While both were decent local acts, the highlight of the openers was the drumming from the first band. An all girls band, they make the kind of music I assume the witches from hamlet would have made should they had been young gorgeous hipsters in waist high skinnies with a 3 piece drum kit. Along with the usual band equipment (guitar, bass and keyboard/synth) these three girls whipped up some interesting and highly impressive rhythms while alternating talents between the various instruments. The lack of seating at the kit made the drumming even better to watch and more impressive. As night grew older and the numbers of people in the bar fluctuated from 30 to 40 up to 50 and back down to 40, the Evangelicals started setting up. You know a set is going to be good when the first thing you see is a drum kit is dripping with fake blood. After setting up the rest of their gear, including fog machine, the band asked if they could get the red lights on the side of the stage turned off. Yeah, awesome now the purple ones at the front of the stage two. What was left was a ghostly looking stage, 4 young guys and high expectations. As an owner of their lastest CD, The Evening Descends put out by Dead Ocean Records, I knew this show was going to be worth my 7 dollars (10 at the door but I bought my ticket in advance at Rotate This.) even if the contains of the bar had dwindled down to 25 people. The boys in the band obviously felt good vibes as I did as they launched right in to their energetic graveyard-indie rock. It truly was like your favorite indie Bands (Broken Social Scene and The Shins of course) died and wrote a new album from the comfort of their coffins. The reverberating echoes, haunting ouhs and ahhs and bone chilling samplers and synths help the fog machine to give the Evangelicals their whole sound and look. After a good set of all old and new songs, the band finished to the cheers of Encore! Encore! Granted, it was just he 10 last people who all were large fans who were yelling this but nothing is better then and intimate show with a great band. After chats and hugs with the band, the time had come and my bed was calling. All in all, one of my favorite Sneaky Dees experiences. Besides the nachos.You can probably buy Evening Descends at your preferred local music store, or for those less in need of tangible things, for sure in the iTunes along with there previous release, So Gone.
