Choose your Battles(last show), Mourdella, Withered, Light Pupil Dilate(CD Release) - 11-24-06 - Drunken Unicorn
Monday, November 26, 2007
Choose your Battles - http://www.myspace.com/chooseyourbattlesband
Mourdella - http://www.myspace.com/mourdella
Withered - http://www.myspace.com/withered
Light Pupil Dilate - http://www.myspace.com/lightpupildilate
I would like to say that this was one of the best shows I have been to all year, every band was great, the vibe was great, the people were great, and the music was awesome. This was an ideal show of local musicians and fans coming together and being the community we all want it to be.
Choose Your Battles
This was my first Choose Your Battles show, unfortunately, this was their last show. This three piece played high energy, mathy, rock music. Super overdriven bass guitar, off kilter guitar riffs, and very solid drums ripped while the John belted out all things he felt relevant. The set started off with a good five minutes of music before the singing came in. There was just as much music played without lyrics as with lyrics, I LOVE IT. Their music was a nice relief from the sometimes stagnant indie scene and couldn't have fit in better with the rest of the bands of the evening. Good luck to all of them in their future en devours and I look forward to a reunion show.
This was the first time I had seen or heard Mourdella. They played a version of punk rock that included more than 3 power chords and a 4/4 beat. Jessica on vocals was a great stage presence with a punk rock attitude, beer = fuel = fun. Her scream is intense and really peaked out my ears as if I was at a metal show. The rhythm section was extremely tight and Mike on guitar colored the music without distracting from the band as a whole. Mourdella put on a great set and I would definitely like to see them again.
Next up was Withered, and OMFG....OMFG!!! Withered somehow managed to pull all of the energy in the universe into the Drunken Unicorn, then proceeded to pound it into my being as far as my soul would stretch for about 40 minutes. Beau destroyed the drums, I am not sure how his set even manages to stand up to that kind of abuse. Mike on bass brought a huge sound and presence to the stage, which is necessary when there are two full stacks on either side of him with monster guitar screaming out of them. Both guitarist played off each other seamlessly also complimenting each other on vocal screams and growls. This is definitely high on the list for the heaviest music I have every experienced. Thank you for that.
Headlining was Light Pupil Dilate for their CD release. I first heard of these guys after talking with Chris of C.Y.B. and seeing them on their myspace. I was instantly impressed with the music and ready to see it live. This three piece brings the pain loud. Michael Green is very technically inclined on drums and mixed it up the entire time keeping me on my toes. On guitar is Eric Searle ripping it up with distortion or slowing it down with some delay over dominating bass and drums, he manages to feed the sound to perfectly compliment the rhythm section. On bass and chatter was M.Chvasta(?), he is a big dude with an even bigger bass rig to help get his point across. Both he and Eric use effects masterfully creating a gigantic sound to cover the audience.
I had a great time, met some great people, and swapped some CDs(Light Pupil Dilate review coming soon...). It is unfortunate that I attended this show alone but fortunately the community at Drunken Unicorn that night was very accepting.
-Bret
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