Thou, Recorded Live In Concert

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Thou performs during a Black Cat in Washington, D.C.

Reid Haithcock for NPR

Thou performs during a Black Cat in Washington, D.C.

pg. 99, Recorded Live In Concert

Language Advisory: This is a live unison recording, and might not enclose denunciation suitable for all audiences.

Sometimes it pays to have a prolific, different discography. Right before showtime on Aug 27 during a Black Cat in Washington, D.C., we overheard Thou vocalist Bryan Funck contend that a specially logging sludge-metal organisation had some-more or reduction tailored a evening’s set list to a crowd: shorter, faster songs. Why? Thou was opening for dual recently re-formed post-hardcore bands with one or a other: pg. 99 and Circle Takes a Square.

And, while Thou typically puts on obvious 20-minute sets (why don’t some-more bands do this?), a band’s five-song preference was bruisingly heavy, laying rubbish underneath a fusillade of disfigured riffs and a barreling stroke section. (Unfortunately, due to technical problems on a end, Thou’s initial dual songs — “Skinwalker” and “Get Me Out” — had to be cut from a audio above.) And, while “Smoke Pigs” is always a crowd-pleaser, a band’s cover of Nirvana‘s “Aneurysm” supposing a shutting highlight. With all a rage-tastic punk strut of a original, what always creates Thou’s far-reaching covers preference kill (from Black Sabbath and Pygmy Lush to Soundgarden and mixed Nirvana songs) is a band’s relentless sneer. Now, when is Thou going to put out that grunge reverence manuscript the members keep earnest us?

Set List

“Millstone”
“Smoke Pigs”
“Aneurysm (Nirvana cover)”