No Ceremony ///
Liverpool Sound City (Friday 3rd May)
The East Village Arts Club
There is an air of intrigue hanging
amongst the dry ice filling up the EVAC
loft. Other than a few SoundCloud
posts, Manchester’s NO CEREMONY ///
have tip-toed their way onto our blogs and magazines behind a thick veil of
mystery. Search for them on YouTube at
your own risk, where you will be greeted
by a series of bizarre music videos that
serve no real purpose other than to
creep you the fuck out.
Stage lights frame the stage colorfully, as a backdrop projected images of babies heads flicker disturbingly. We are in a horrible dystopian nightmare, and it feels fucking impressive.
Flanked by her band mates standing
attentively in black suits, front-woman
Kelly’s face is lit by a white spot light,
almost as if she is about to tell us a
ghost story. The more delicate members
in the audience quickly wish she had,
as the band launch ferociously into
their first track Holdonme. New single
Hurtlove’s chugging drum-machine and
Café del Mar piano provides an inviting
soundscape. Don’t be fooled though;
auto-tuned vocals meander menacingly
above, whispering quiet words of
warning as if there were demons
coming through the walls.
Heartbreaker digs a little deeper, as an over-driven guitar peddles its way through a thick sea of brooding kick-drum and throbbing synths to create a sound that builds this expansive space before smashing it down with a ludicrously stomach-churning bass. I’m serious here - audience members literally back away from the stage, some even run to the bathrooms where I imagine they have gone to be sick.
Heartbreaker digs a little deeper, as an over-driven guitar peddles its way through a thick sea of brooding kick-drum and throbbing synths to create a sound that builds this expansive space before smashing it down with a ludicrously stomach-churning bass. I’m serious here - audience members literally back away from the stage, some even run to the bathrooms where I imagine they have gone to be sick.
Stage lights frame the stage colorfully, as a backdrop projected images of babies heads flicker disturbingly. We are in a horrible dystopian nightmare, and it feels fucking impressive.
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