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20:00 | Peace Burial At Sea (UK) |
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Named after a painting by JM Turner, Peace Burial At Sea are seemingly influenced by such diverse names as Radiohead and Earthtone9.
On their debut album, 'This is Such a Quiet Town' (2003) they switch effortlessly between passages that evoke the melancholy of everyday life and searing aggression that threatens to shred the throat of vocalist/guitarist Jonny Longrigg as well as their instruments. Parts of the album even resemble the intense, repetitive bleakness of the legendary Big Black, and that's quite a compliment.
The album brings us to the post nuclear-war city, scary, dark and hopeless. Meanwhile the sound is dynamic and atmosphere is full of action, resistance and development. Peace Burial At Sea have both melancholy and desperate expression in their songs which always end with the optimism, risen from the ashes.
They've garnered quite a bit of critical acclaim recently, being described as being 'fuelled by Roni Size as much as Slint and And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and Mogwai' (Organ), 'A rewarding and individual beast whose sardonic humour and asphyxiating ambience are just about unparalleled' (Manchester Music Scene) and with a "grasp of dynamics hints at what Slint and Radiohead would've sounded like had they ever been locked in a room together (Kerrang!).
These four English men produce amazing pieces of music, putting together heartrending emo-moments and fragile post-rock. In 2006 they released the second album called "Peace Burial At Sea”. It’s softer and filled with electronics more. But keen emotions and beautiful guitar sound still exceed the limit.
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