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So I saw WHY? and Restiform Bodies at the che last night and it was absolutely amazing. The whole atmosphere was so great. You know you're at a good show when you're at the che and you can look around and not see a single hipster / fasioncore / poseur who put way too much time into dressing for a show. When we got there someone was turntableing and it was pretty impressive. The whole room area was awesome, every band had their equipment scattered through the room. Just a mess of keyboards / samplers / processors everywhere with the guitars and shit on the stage. After the guy was done scratching this 3 piece jazzy jam band started. It was just a drummer, a stand up bass with oodles of effects, and a turntableist. They were all really good, but didn't have any direction. Next some guy got on his laptop and started looking beats and keyboards over himself. Good chilling vibe. Finally Restiform Bodies started getting ready. Prior to this everyone was sitting but they crammed everyone in standing up. These guys fucking rocked. 3 guys on keyboards, one doing drum stuff, one controlling beats, then one guy mostly rapping and doing some keyboards. So good. But once WHY? started I was blown away.
These guys are fucking amazing. They consist of a drummer, and the main singer and 2 other guys who alternate between bass, guitars, and the rhodes. Best pop music ever. It was like 4 amazing musicians put through a brilliance filter. The lyrics bordered so closely between brilliant and cheesy. Mixing speak / singish with shaky melodies. The drummer confused me because 1) I could hear what he was playing, 2) He clearly looked human. I've seen some god damn good drummers before, but no one whos played so furiously and with such passion! I mean, for a song he played bass while playing the kick drum and hi hat with his feet. What the fuck? The other 2 guys were amazing too, just such a good mix of textures and back up vocals. We didn't get home til 1 but it was soo worth it.
These guys are fucking amazing. They consist of a drummer, and the main singer and 2 other guys who alternate between bass, guitars, and the rhodes. Best pop music ever. It was like 4 amazing musicians put through a brilliance filter. The lyrics bordered so closely between brilliant and cheesy. Mixing speak / singish with shaky melodies. The drummer confused me because 1) I could hear what he was playing, 2) He clearly looked human. I've seen some god damn good drummers before, but no one whos played so furiously and with such passion! I mean, for a song he played bass while playing the kick drum and hi hat with his feet. What the fuck? The other 2 guys were amazing too, just such a good mix of textures and back up vocals. We didn't get home til 1 but it was soo worth it.