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CMU Approved
Approved: Bass Drum Of Death (TGE Gig Previews 2012)
By Aly Barchi | Published on Friday 4 May 2012
So I saw fuzz-prone Fat Possum signings Bass Drum Of Death live last year, in Brighton as it happens. With impassive faces buried in ‘Southern rock’ coiffs, the Oxford, Mississippi-based John Barrett and Colin Sneed proceeded to make a monolith of noise from their one-guitar-one-drumkit set-up in a manner so competent that the phrase ‘well rehearsed’ didn’t quite match the act. And it was great. Understated and over in no time at all, but great.
Label pals to Odd Future’s Mellowhype, and having now released a just as great – if overlooked – debut LP in 2011’s ‘GB City’, the band appear at this year’s Great Escape at The Hope on 10 May at 10:15pm.
Those attending that date (or any/all of the London shows BDOD are playing across the Bank Holiday weekend) can hear first hand the febrile glam-swing of album standout ‘Spare Room’, or perhaps ‘Nerve Jamming’, a close and (I think) knowing re-fit of The White Stripes’ ‘Fell In Love With A Girl’.
Failing all that, here’s the video for ‘GB City’ feature ‘Get Found’:
To read more Great Escape gig previews from the CMU team, head over here.