Band: Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man
Day: Friday 14th
Time: 8.45-9.30
Place: Barfly
Bill: Johnny Foreigner, Stray Borders
Myspace Genre: Melodramatic Popular Song/Progressive/Showtunes
Local? London
Am I being biased as they’ve played Joy? Nope.
This is a very odd one for me. I’m not even 100% sure I think them!! They sound like The Birthday Party, The Mission and Manowar but their over-riding ludicrous pomposity makes me really want to go and see them!! Handily they’re on before Johnny Foreigner and after Stray Borders so it removes any doubt as to whether I’ll go.
Theatrically minded as they come, Frederick Blood-Royale’s turn on Fatherhood/Motherhood is unsettling to say the least and revolutionary as far as debut singles go. Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man sing with such gravitas it’s nigh impossible not to get drawn in. Swathes of feedback guitar taint their 26-minute, five-part opus released in June 2008. The Lay of The Land, The Turn of The Tide displays a penchant for doom rock with shrill organ whirls and inventive drum breaks prominent on The Drowned and The Saved. Bipolar perhaps but humorous most definitely.
