Efterklang, Tortoise and Liars at Analog Festival
My guest pass for the Rogue’s Gallery festival also gave me access to the second day of the Analog Festival.
Three bands I’d never heard of before were on the bill. The concert started with Liars, an American band with an Australian singer. I’ve filed them under Z for Zappa with their experimental rock sound. Not my kind of thing, but frontman Angus was theatrical enough to please the photographer in me.
Efterklang made me want to hear more. Dressed in folk garb the Danes came across as a happier version of Arcade Fire – with just a tiny hint of Up With People.
The somewhat older band Tortoise followed. Instrumental rock with two drum kits in the foreground. They were a little too jazzy for me at the start, so I wandered around taking pictures of the beautiful setting of the festival, but their rhythms became a little tighter as their set progressed which drew me back in.
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I liked Liars’ self-titled album for a while last year, though it didn’t make it into my “silver” or “gold” favourites. I didn’t get a Zappa vibe from them, more of a MBV-meets-The-Beloved. But then, bands are often very different live.
Heard of Efterklang but never actually heard them. I can’t remember whether I’ve heard Tortoise or not. The whole post-rock genre kind of passed me by until very recently, when I finally started to see the point. Again, it’s a live thing.
Jul 22nd, 2008