New music to unpack to...
So in the midst of all the chaos of my annoying job, annoying almost former landlord and buying a house I performed one night at the Edwardian Ball(Friday).
That same night Rasputina performed as did Abney Park the Steampunk bad that I'd been hearing about.
Cancan's show went great, aside from an injury, and we could then wander about for the rest of the night which we all did. Leigh and Rob held some seats for us in the balcony. Eventually a group of us settled in up there to watch this "Steampunk band" perform, they looked slick in the their posters and on stage but I was curious as to what they'd sound like. Not convinved that just cause they looked slick they'd sound slick.
What hit me first was the drum beats then guitar and they were off. Slick they looked and fantastic they sounded. As usual the sound mix was not perfect and some of the leads vocals got lost but for me it was tump thump of the beat and then they threw in the fiddle and a little ballet! I was astounded to say the least I had zero expectations so was surprised at how much I did enjoy them. I kept feeling a faint recognition when I heard them but could not put my finger on it until I was drving back home the next day with one of their cds in my player.
It had some Industrial feel and a bit of Goth(but too alive to be that Goth!) some remnants of sounds like NIN and Marylin Manson but what really hit once I figured it out is that much of the music reminded me of some of the best of what you hear at a really good Cirque Du Soliel show. The combinations of ethnic sounds, the drums and guitar keyboards fiddle. Plus many of the songs tell some kind of story whether it was Airship Pirates, Herr Drosselmyers Doll (that's where the ballet bit was btw and I got a bunch cool pictures I'll add later.) there was a strong and interesting narative in every song.
Ryan agreed with me on the sound I heard and we ended up listeing to the cds I bought over the rest of the weekend while unpacking. It's quite good to keep you moving and feeling energetic. This is a band I'll keep watching for awhile.
The sadest parts of this was that when Rasputina played later Friday night they were not at all as interesting, fun or creative(soundwise and lyrics) as Abney Park. And we all left before they finished.
That same night Rasputina performed as did Abney Park the Steampunk bad that I'd been hearing about.
Cancan's show went great, aside from an injury, and we could then wander about for the rest of the night which we all did. Leigh and Rob held some seats for us in the balcony. Eventually a group of us settled in up there to watch this "Steampunk band" perform, they looked slick in the their posters and on stage but I was curious as to what they'd sound like. Not convinved that just cause they looked slick they'd sound slick.
What hit me first was the drum beats then guitar and they were off. Slick they looked and fantastic they sounded. As usual the sound mix was not perfect and some of the leads vocals got lost but for me it was tump thump of the beat and then they threw in the fiddle and a little ballet! I was astounded to say the least I had zero expectations so was surprised at how much I did enjoy them. I kept feeling a faint recognition when I heard them but could not put my finger on it until I was drving back home the next day with one of their cds in my player.
It had some Industrial feel and a bit of Goth(but too alive to be that Goth!) some remnants of sounds like NIN and Marylin Manson but what really hit once I figured it out is that much of the music reminded me of some of the best of what you hear at a really good Cirque Du Soliel show. The combinations of ethnic sounds, the drums and guitar keyboards fiddle. Plus many of the songs tell some kind of story whether it was Airship Pirates, Herr Drosselmyers Doll (that's where the ballet bit was btw and I got a bunch cool pictures I'll add later.) there was a strong and interesting narative in every song.
Ryan agreed with me on the sound I heard and we ended up listeing to the cds I bought over the rest of the weekend while unpacking. It's quite good to keep you moving and feeling energetic. This is a band I'll keep watching for awhile.
The sadest parts of this was that when Rasputina played later Friday night they were not at all as interesting, fun or creative(soundwise and lyrics) as Abney Park. And we all left before they finished.