DRAB MAJESTY Fredag, 20 oktober Support: Principe Valiente Venue: Hus 7 Insläpp 20.00 Live från ca 21.00 Åldersgräns: 18+ år
Drab Majesty skulle kunna räknas till den våg av trummaskinsbaserad retro-wave som praktiskt taget sköljt över oss de senaste åren. Drab Majesty är i grund och botten Andrew Clinco, men musiken gör han i egenskap av sitt könsneutrala alter ego Deb Demure. Med sin kombination av reverbdränkta gitarrer, synth-basgångar, befallande sång och rytmiska beats, är Deb Demure faktiskt i paritet med de svartklädda 80-talsikoner som hen ofta jämförs med.
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The latest EP from Drab Majesty marks the start of a stirring new chapter in the band’s majestic legacy. Written during a 2021 retreat to the remote coastal Oregon town of Yachats, Deb Demure leaned into the neo-psychedelic resonance of a uniquely bowl-shaped 12-string Ovation acoustic/electric guitar. After early morning hikes in the rain, Deb would record ambient guitar experiments the rest of the day, tapping into “flow states,” letting the sound lead the way. These sessions were then refined or recreated, and later elevated further with key collaborations by Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Justin Meldal-Johnson (Beck, M83, Air), and Ben Greenberg (Uniform, Circular Ruin Studio). An Object In Motion is true to its title, capturing the chrysalis moment of an artist evolving, reborn and untethered, silhouetted against an open horizon.
“Cape Perpetua” kicks off the collection’s divergent palette: sparkling acoustic finger-picking refracted through delay, equal parts raga and reverie. Melodies and moods congeal and dissipate, at the threshold of rustic American primitivism, brooding neo-folk, and pastoral melancholia. “The Skin And The Glove” deploys jangle to different effect – baggy, soaring, grey-skied kaleidoscopic pop in the spirit of Stone Roses, Primal Scream, and The Glove. Rachel Goswell lends her iconic freefall voice to the Cure-esque ballad, “Vanity,” infusing poetic gravity to the doomed refrain: “If the valve breaks / then the earth quakes / and history finds a way / to put you in your place.”
But closing track “Yield To Force” may be the most anomalous offering of the set. A 15-minute instrumental odyssey of cyclical strings, ominous slide guitar, and simmering synthesizer, the piece sways and spirals like a long zoom into distant storm clouds. Demure finesses the guitar with a restless but regal grandeur, unfolding a panorama of peaks, shadows, and plateaus. It’s music both intuitive and prophetic, tracing the slow swing of pendulums across an endless plain. Taken as a whole, An Object In Motion presents a showcase of potential futures from Drab’s evolving domain, their sound poised to bloom at the precipice of transformation.
▲ PRINCIPE VALIENTE – If you have ever visited the world of Principe Valiente, the ten songs on the new album ”Barricades” will feel pleasantly familiar. The dramatic soundscape rises like a fairytale forest around the singer Fernando Honorato’s warm and unassailable voice. It’s all in there, the beautiful melodies, the post punk energy and the cinematic drama. At the same time, it is the quartet’s most intimate album to date. On ”Barricades”, the songs have grown out of melodies and chords rather than guitar riffs. Lyrically, Honorato has been seeking new paths. In the dark and sometimes desperate tone, there is always a streak of hope. On ”Barricades”, the band’s first album on American label Metropolis Records, Principe Valiente shows its full breadth as a band.”
fredag okt 20, 2023
DRAB MAJESTY + Principe Valiente
DRAB MAJESTY
Fredag, 20 oktober
Support: Principe Valiente
Venue: Hus 7
Insläpp 20.00
Live från ca 21.00
Åldersgräns: 18+ år
Drab Majesty skulle kunna räknas till den våg av trummaskinsbaserad retro-wave som praktiskt taget sköljt över oss de senaste åren. Drab Majesty är i grund och botten Andrew Clinco, men musiken gör han i egenskap av sitt könsneutrala alter ego Deb Demure. Med sin kombination av reverbdränkta gitarrer, synth-basgångar, befallande sång och rytmiska beats, är Deb Demure faktiskt i paritet med de svartklädda 80-talsikoner som hen ofta jämförs med.
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The latest EP from Drab Majesty marks the start of a stirring new chapter in the band’s majestic legacy. Written during a 2021 retreat to the remote coastal Oregon town of Yachats, Deb Demure leaned into the neo-psychedelic resonance of a uniquely bowl-shaped 12-string Ovation acoustic/electric guitar. After early morning hikes in the rain, Deb would record ambient guitar experiments the rest of the day, tapping into “flow states,” letting the sound lead the way. These sessions were then refined or recreated, and later elevated further with key collaborations by Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Justin Meldal-Johnson (Beck, M83, Air), and Ben Greenberg (Uniform, Circular Ruin Studio). An Object In Motion is true to its title, capturing the chrysalis moment of an artist evolving, reborn and untethered, silhouetted against an open horizon.
“Cape Perpetua” kicks off the collection’s divergent palette: sparkling acoustic finger-picking refracted through delay, equal parts raga and reverie. Melodies and moods congeal and dissipate, at the threshold of rustic American primitivism, brooding neo-folk, and pastoral melancholia. “The Skin And The Glove” deploys jangle to different effect – baggy, soaring, grey-skied kaleidoscopic pop in the spirit of Stone Roses, Primal Scream, and The Glove. Rachel Goswell lends her iconic freefall voice to the Cure-esque ballad, “Vanity,” infusing poetic gravity to the doomed refrain: “If the valve breaks / then the earth quakes / and history finds a way / to put you in your place.”
But closing track “Yield To Force” may be the most anomalous offering of the set. A 15-minute instrumental odyssey of cyclical strings, ominous slide guitar, and simmering synthesizer, the piece sways and spirals like a long zoom into distant storm clouds. Demure finesses the guitar with a restless but regal grandeur, unfolding a panorama of peaks, shadows, and plateaus. It’s music both intuitive and prophetic, tracing the slow swing of pendulums across an endless plain. Taken as a whole, An Object In Motion presents a showcase of potential futures from Drab’s evolving domain, their sound poised to bloom at the precipice of transformation.
▲ PRINCIPE VALIENTE – If you have ever visited the world of Principe Valiente, the ten songs on the new album ”Barricades” will feel pleasantly familiar. The dramatic soundscape rises like a fairytale forest around the singer Fernando Honorato’s warm and unassailable voice. It’s all in there, the beautiful melodies, the post punk energy and the cinematic drama. At the same time, it is the quartet’s most intimate album to date.
On ”Barricades”, the songs have grown out of melodies and chords rather than guitar riffs. Lyrically, Honorato has been seeking new paths. In the dark and sometimes desperate tone, there is always a streak of hope. On ”Barricades”, the band’s first album on American label Metropolis Records, Principe Valiente shows its full breadth as a band.”
fredag okt 20, 2023
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