Electrelane Rocks!
Last night, London's Electrelane played an amazing show in front of a packed house at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. Yours truly was in attendance, right up front where it was nice and loud.
The four-piece band (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards/guitar/vocals) mainly played new songs from a forthcoming album. Those songs blend the droned improvisation of Rocket to the Moon with this year's excellent The Power Out, an album with more traditional song structures, but not enough to be a straightforward rock album. The new material was also very "motorik" rhythmically, reminiscent of Neu!, Stereolab and other bands. Their live sound surpassed their strong albums; no easy feat.
Image © Philippe Noisette
The four-piece band (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards/guitar/vocals) mainly played new songs from a forthcoming album. Those songs blend the droned improvisation of Rocket to the Moon with this year's excellent The Power Out, an album with more traditional song structures, but not enough to be a straightforward rock album. The new material was also very "motorik" rhythmically, reminiscent of Neu!, Stereolab and other bands. Their live sound surpassed their strong albums; no easy feat.
Image © Philippe Noisette
I was very impressed by their live performance and am looking forward to their next album. "Power Out" is one of the best albums of 2004, in my opinion. They played at a bar that holds, say, 200 people, tops. They should be more popular...though not too popular; I like small venues.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, thanks for the kind words.