So I wanted to make this post on Sunday, but I've been pretty busy.
Also lazy.
OK, mostly lazy.
It's about Jedeye's band, Parachute for Gordo & their gig on Saturday night.
I'm going to sound like a total fanboy here, so please forgive (and Jedeye, temper your ego)
I've been to see them about 10 times now, I think & I'm obviously a big fan.
The first gig I went to was also the first time I properly met Jed & I walked in half-way through the set. It was refreshing to see a local band with obvious post-rock influence & I enjoyed what I heard but every gig I've been to has been an improvement on that first gig in one way or another.
Saturday night was honestly something else.
It helps when you've got a good sound engineer working & the guy on that night was pretty fantastic - it sounded great in the room - a lot of energy coming from all over & great clarity of sound (in a venue that usually sounds like muddy shit in my experience to boot)
They've got some butt-kicking tracks, too & the set was a fantastically paced one. Hog in the Trough is a great opener that feels like a pacey introduction to the band & this was probably their best performance of it that I've heard - it's a track that feels very fast and loose but critically isn't.
Jed, you guys need to open with Hog every time, it's the perfect mood setter.
The only other track I'm going to mention is Labrador Deceiver/Labradoodlebug (which I will forever call The Labrador Saga, because it sounds awesome), because it's the best example of what I'm really loving about where this band is going.
So many ideas crammed into a 2-part track which, admittedly, lasts for about 15 minutes. The important thing is, against all odds, how well it all gels together & creates a really strong and dynamic atmosphere. There's a little bit of everything I love about the band in this track. I seriously can't wait for Labrador to be recorded so I can really pick it apart.
I'm going to cut this off here, but they're playing again on the 12th November in Guildford and I really think anyone local should consider coming to it, because fuuuuuuck is this band exciting right now.