{"id":3668,"date":"2009-10-29T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T14:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejoycollective.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2009-10-29T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T14:08:07","slug":"meze-festival-electric-electric-the-night-terrors-heirs-meze-lounge-newport-21-10-09-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/review\/meze-festival-electric-electric-the-night-terrors-heirs-meze-lounge-newport-21-10-09-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meze Festival : Electric Electric \/ The Night Terrors \/ Heirs @ Meze Lounge, Newport : 21.10.09"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ElectricInteriorMonologue:<\/em> Follow that Swn. \u00a0I’m not even a massive fan of instrumental or post-rock but this is my gig of the year.<\/p>\n

Scotty:<\/em> I liked two things about Heirs<\/a><\/strong> very much – One: A drummer who looked like he hated every single person in the audience; I applaud that kind of attitude. Two: A guitarist that spent an inordinate amount of time tuning a guitar which only made a noise rather than any discernible notes\u00a0– this sound is generally known as the sound of the end of the world.<\/p>\n

InteriorMonologue: <\/em>Heirs<\/strong> are amazing. \u00a0It’s not really post-rock, more post-industrial-feedback-noise-core. \u00a0Or Something. \u00a0Scotty’s right, the guitarist basically had a million effects pedals that allowed him to make a massive racket. \u00a0He also looked exactly like Hugh Cornwell on the cover of The Stranglers’ Black & White. \u00a0The drummer looked a bit like Jack from Future Of The Left. \u00a0Only more psychotic. \u00a0He didn’t move his head. \u00a0Or make facial expressions of any kind. \u00a0I should probably mention that the other guitarist was wearing a leather waistcoat and glove combo. \u00a0And a moustache. \u00a0Genius.<\/p>\n

InteriorMonologue:<\/em> The Night Terrors<\/a> <\/strong>had a theremin player. \u00a0He was also the bass player. \u00a0A really, really fucking good bass player. \u00a0Thirdly, he was Meze Festival’s second giant. \u00a0I have no idea how to describe their sound, another amazing drummer, fuzzy, loud, rhythmic bass and keyboards that somehow made it sound almost poppy. \u00a0They ended with Faith No More’s Woodpeckers From Mars. \u00a0Brilliant, I pitied the headliners.
\nScotty:<\/em> People are going to obsess over the Theremin aren’t they? They shouldn’t.<\/p>\n

InteriorMonologue:<\/em> I needn’t have worried, Electric Electri<\/a><\/strong>c<\/a><\/strong> are astonishing. \u00a0Genre? \u00a0Who the fuck knows. \u00a0I guess if you like Battles and Fuck Buttons then you need to see this band. \u00a0Fuck it, go to France. \u00a0Synth\/keyboard player again wove his magic around the third absurdly talented drummer of the evening. \u00a0The guitarist stopped, started, fucking rocked, and if memory serves me right, sang something. \u00a0With his voice. \u00a0Of course, we were all deaf by then so I can’t be sure. \u00a0Amazing show.<\/p>\n

Scotty<\/em>: \u00a0I text a mate during the gig to tell him I might have just seen the best live band I have seen this year (and this is a year in which I saw Magnolia Electric Co.) He told me they had a ‘wafty’ name. I told him they were French. He then decided they had the best name ever. That’s a true story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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