Thanks to Jordan Mainzer of Frontier Psychiatrist for the write-up on our recent show:
3/17 – Indian/Bloodiest/Anatomy of Habit/An Aesthetic Anaesthetic @ Subterranean, Chicago
At least the first three of four acts had senses of humor, or
rather a lighter side. Math rockers and wordplay aficionados An
Aesthetic Anaesthetic (creators of a song called “Randy Quaidludes”)
announced that they were only playing two songs. Little did newbies know
how tongue-in-cheek they were being, considering that both songs ranged
from ten to twenty minutes, rendering the set actually longer than
usual for the first of four acts. Anatomy of Habit had a lighter side
simply by virtue that they weren’t hard rock or metal; they sounded like
a noisier Joy Division (you know you’re in for a dark night when the
Joy Division-inspired band is the least dark). And Bloodiest, despite
their name, mustered up enough snark to declare, “Fuck the Irish!” as an
anti-St. Patrick’s Day statement. This was all leading up to the band
whose record release show it was: local doom miserabilists Indian.
Indian’s From All Purity is one of the best albums of the year so far,
let alone metal albums. At the Subterranean, their disturbing songs like
“Rape” and “Directional” sounded exactly as they should, cracking and
whipping and pummeling forcefully but at a brutally slow speed, like the
best doom. This was one of the best shows of the year so far.
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