The latest band to be lazily compared to Joy Division and the post-punk era dropped into the historic venue with the raw intensity of a snuff film. The crowd stood motionless, in awe of what they were witnessing — as if they were only now realizing what they had gotten themselves into. The band hammered away at their relentlessly driving songs, the lights low, the quartet half-hidden in the dark, Beth's bright red heels a stark contrast to the group's other all-black fashion. Flash bulbs popped. The mood was sullen, the music was hypnotically unforgiving and the band's commanding stage presence — the quiet eye of the thundering storm — played right into the atmosphere they created.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I certainly needed a shot afterward — and to see them again at Lee’s tonight.
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Photos: Adam Bunch
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