[DID NOT ATTEND: August 27, 2022] Los Campesinos! / Proper
I have been a fan of Los Campesinos! (who are actually Welsh) since their debut album.
But I have never seen them live.
I was really surprised to see that they were playing Philly, but I see that they have come to Philly in 2017 and 2018. So I hope they will come in 2023 or 2024 (even if they haven’t put out a record since 2017).
I had never heard of Proper. But they sound amazing.
“Our bio says, ‘Just three n**gas making prog rock, don’t overthink it.’ It’s been changing with our sound,” frontman Erik Garlington laughs. Originally named the Great White, Proper. are a collective accustomed to change. And as the trio – completed by Natasha Johnson and Elijah Watson – have continued to pave their way in the alternative scene, they’ve become even more forthright. After being told they “talk white… like, real proper”, the band switched up their name and ran with it. Now, in their latest polemic American epic, Proper. ditch their off-hand humour and embark on unravelling the emotional weight behind everyday Black American identity.
Having played emo, pop-punk, hardcore and everything in-between, Proper. are continuing to carve their own sonic stamp. [like on] their recent, Bartees Strange-produced record, The Great American Novel.
I couldn’t believe that the Ben Folds show was rescheduled to this night. (And it wasn’t all that great because the audience was terrible).
So, now I want to see both bands tour again soon.
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