Dirge, Her Name Is Calla, Capulet, Charlieshero Saturday 16th February 2008 - Forest of Sound (www.myspace.com/forestofsound) presents:
Dirge (France) [www.myspace.com/strangesilence] - Hailing from Rouen, France, and based around a minimalist core of guitar/vocal/violoncello/drums, Dirge take the raw emotion and sweeping bleak sounds from the post-rock canon (Mogwai, Godpseed You! Black Emperor et al.) and fuse them with story telling and lyricism of lo-fi indie and folk (think Arab Strap, Tindersticks) and slowcore beauty (Low, Audrey). Dirge are an extraordinary band.
Her Name Is Calla [www.myspace.com/hernameiscalla] - Watching these guys play is like watching a force of nature threatening to destroy everything around you - the power, beauty and effect of their music has to be seen live to be appreciated. We’ve never met anyone who hasn’t been converted by them. “Rarely has a piece of music actually sounded so idyllic for a setting far beyond your wildest imagination… and simply begs the question: why can’t all artists be as ambitiously prophetic as this?”
Capulet [www.myspace.com/capuletuk] - A four piece feauturing members of Oceansize and Kong, these guys have a keen ear for the just right nagging meoldy, for the power of musical dynamics and the ability to pull off a blistering live show. “Their music is beautifully thoughtful and also jarringly intelligent.”
CHARLIESHERO [www.myspace.com/charlieshero] - CHARLIESHERO are a band who read from the post rock canon and spit it back out with blistering energy and conviction. This kind of music lives and dies in the playing - the dynamics, the passion, the sheer force of it all… and the pastoral breaks and lullaby melodies inbetween. Luckily, they’ve got all that down just right.
The Packhorse
208 Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9DX
Doors: 7.30pm
£5 on the door
