I finally had the time to trek Brooklyn, had to put em Red Wing jawnz, left NJ and took the L train to Bedford Ave. It's been ages since I took the L train, what a weird feeling. Anyway, I was so excited to finally see Ceremony. It seems I'm terrible at keeping up with calendar dates, luckily I didn't miss them this time. What better way to see them with fellow shoegazer and Virginia natives, Screen Vinyl Image. This is the second time I've seen SVI. Playing with the original line up, Jake and Kim kept strumming those airy dissonant sounds with a loop of discotheque electro beats. What else impresses me about SVI, besides their upbeat yet dark sound is the enormous selection of effect and pedals they use. Clearly I wrote "use" and not just a big rig of stompers for show. Anyway, how fun it would be to play all those crazy sounds, right? I feel like button smashing or rather pedal stomping some right now. Continuing the pedal stomping and shoegaze-esque sounds, Ceremony, 2/3 of former band Skywave, played dreamy noise songs that without doubt reminds you that JAMC is somehow still alive. I do think that Ceremony have more a distinct pop sound on their record and that is something that made me play their records the whole night. Having seen both great shoegaze bands it reminds me that people should not end their ears at MBV.
Big thanks to John for giving me a free copy of Disappear. Never Love Again and Cold Cold Night are awesome tracks. Please do watch out for their new record coming out soon.
www.screenvinylimage.com
www.myspace.com/ceremonytheband
1 comment:
it took some effort to get all the groups lined up,
but in the end it was a special night !
Glad u came out
Cheers
SA from Outpost
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