[POSTPONED: April 4, 2020] Deafheaven / Inter Arma / Greet Death
I liked Deafheaven’s Sunbather album for its fascianting mix of death metal and shoegaze. I haven’t heard anything from their two new albums, although I have heard very good things about them.
I wasn’t sure if I’d want to go to this show as it might be too intense. But I had it on my radar.
However, I already had tickets to see Parquet Courts this evening, so it was unlikely I was going to this show.
I had read some really positive reviews about Inter Arma which had me interested in seeing them live. I mean, if you write “proggy organic doom fields while expanding further the on the psych-folk strain” that sounds pretty awesome, but when I listened to whatever their latest record was, I didn’t really like it. It just seemed extreme with no subtlety.
Greet Death I assume is named after the Mogwai song, which is promising. This glowing review of their new album New Hell certainly makes me want to check them out
Greet Death’s shoegazey slowcore resembles a number of pleasing touchstones — Red House Painters, Nothing, Hum, Pedro The Lion, Dinosaur Jr., Thunder Dreamer; a few of Sam Boyhtari’s vocal runs even remind me of Dan Bejar — yet in practice they are entirely their own thing, and that thing is extremely good. These nine songs are mostly mammoth waves of sonic sludge, thick with musical texture and brimming with an energy that belies the measured pace. At its best, as one the nine-minute epic “You’re Gonna Hate What You’ve Done,” their music feels like being crushed by an avalanche while simultaneously soaring across the skyline.
Maybe this would have been the better show that night?
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