Efterklang, Tortoise and Liars at Analog Festival
Posted: July 22nd, 2008 | Filed under: Music, Photography | Tags: american band, analog, angus, arcade fire, australian singer, drum kits, experimental rock, foreground, frontman, garb, instrumental rock, liars, photographer, photos, rhythms, tortoise, zappa | 1 Comment »
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.
View my Efterklang, Liars en Tortoise photos on Flickr.
