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Mon 4th The Luminaire presents ENON + Ill Ease + Instruments + John & Jehn [DJs]
Doors 7.30 Oh shit! Enon are back with their long-awaited 5th album, and this time they brought the can of whoop ass! Blasting through 12 tunes lodged between your conscience and the red lights, 'Grass Geysers…Carbon Clouds' is chock-full of topics all over the map, and they’re not stopping for border checks either. Led by former Brainiac guitarist John Schemersal, “Enon” can mean either cloud or fountain, depending on the context. It’s from this sky of opposites that this new record gushes out. By the time you’re through listening, what will Enon mean to you? Enon displays an appreciation for junk noise and off-kilter song structures that makes every song totally unpredictable - you definitely can't get comfortable with these guys because they're constantly pulling the rug out from under you. Like the Olivia Tremor Control and other Elephant Six bands, Enon is fascinated by the aesthetic possibilities of "damaging" pop melodies with strange noise and sound processing. But unlike E6 bands, whose melodic sensibilities tend to be shaped by the soaring pop of '60s and '70s bands like the Beach Boys, Big Star, and Pink Floyd, Enon takes cues from New Wave and '80s and '90s indie rock and build the noise on that foundation. In this regard, their rock deconstructions bear some similarities to those of the The Flaming Lips. 'Dr. Freeze' is a sci-fi pie in the face about a mad super villain (or hero?) who sets a planet back into an ice age in response to a plea for help with a global climate epidemic. 'Peace of Mind' recommends a partial lobotomy, or at least trephination, to subdue some brain swelling due to chronic information overload. 'Pigeneration' rocks all over the effects of “free dumb” and disposable culture on our lives. While this record is ever the rollercoaster of moods that characterize much of Enon’s output, this is their most consistent and striking work yet. It builds you up from “Mirror on You” before burning you down in “Ashish.” John Schmersal (gtr/key) and Toko Yasuda (bass/key) are often singing together on songs instead of independently, and Matt Schulz (drums) pushes up the BPMs on this record for a manic and fast paced punch in the neck. 'Grass Geysers... Carbon Clouds' is the kind of record that will be over and on deck again before you can say mirrormirrormirrormirror. Supporting are Ill Ease “Sounding like an entire band while being a solo artist is one accomplishment, but this hot thing is making bad-ass bluesy rock that would make the whiskey-soaked Jennifer Royal Trux proud!” [iD] “Think The Breeders with added funk or an analogue, spikier Peaches – smart, gritty and sneakily compulsive.” [Kerrang! KKKK]
And first on are Instruments. Here's some words about them: 'Instruments are an absolutely captivating mathy emo band. In a similar vein to Ghosts and Vodka' - Frink Music 'Instruments can find themselves supporting more heavyweight acts like Explosions in the Sky and Deerhoof still to find that they aren't out of their depths.' - The-Mag |
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