Thursday, June 7, 2012
Live Review Photos: Pop. 1280 played 529 on Wed., June 6
Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- Chad Radford
- Pop. 1280 at 529
The group put a melodic spin on the confrontational instincts of things like no wave and post-punk, dabbling in a quasi-industrial/goth plod, and subtly shocking imagery. Not too shocking, though, which is what saves the songs' grimy Orwellian tension as they touch on everything from their hometown's bedbug epidemic to a day on in the life on the grid. It's a bit of an elegant freak show, covered in spiky distortion, which is something that noise rock like this needs. And even though the songs tend to go on for a bit longer than your average noise, punk, et. al. dynamic, the end result is more of an extended dirge than a groove. It's dark, discomforting, and very bleak.
- Chad Radford
- Pop. 1280 at 529
Sadly, the batteries in my camera died pretty early during the show, but I was able to shoot these two photos.
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