[DID NOT ATTEND: July 19, 2025] Pelican / Porcelain / My Wife’s An Angel
Pelican is an American post-metal band from Chicago known for their heavy, atmospheric and almost entirely instrumental style.
I’ve been vaguely aware of Pelican for a while, and when this show was announced, I listened to a bunch more and was really excited to see them. But it was the same night as Weird Al, which was a family event. So, no Pelican for me. I hope they come back next year.
Porcelain played with Wax Jaw in March of last year. But I didn’t go to that show.
They are from Austin. Post-Trash says
The quartet of Ryan Fitzgibbon (US Weekly), Eli Deitz (Dregs, Votive), Steve Pike (Exhalants, CSSS), and Jordan Emmert (Super Thief, Pleasure Venom) bring a great deal of experience together from different pockets of the city’s noise rock and punk scene, the pieces coming together to create something better than the sum of it’s parts.
I’ve never heard of any of those bands. I like the sound of their music but I don’t really like the singer. I bet they crush it live though, their drummer sounds like a maniac.
My Wife’s An Angel is from Philly. A review on Ghettoblaster of their most recent album was simply
Philadelphia noise rock enigma My Wife’s An Angel releases its Yeah, I Bet, an album that is equal parts thrilling and terrifying
They make a lot of noise with a screaming psycho as the vocalist. No doubt terrifying live.
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