White Hills
have just released their new record, Frying on this Rock, which I will review
soon (and is really cool) and are doing a pretty big Europe tour but sadly not
coming to Denmark .
I was lucky to be able to catch the Deviants and White Hills in one weekend! I
had listened to this Norwegian noise metal band Arabrot on the internet and it
was pretty wild and crazy stuff but I never really got into it much. Intense
for sure, so I was not sure if I would like them live or not.
The show was
sold out and really packed with people (holds 200). Sue and I met up with Michele
from the Atomic Workers again and he was kind enough to bring me some of their
music that I did not have. I also met Alan Last, who I had not met in years
despite us exchanging many mails. Nice to see some people I know, I spoke
briefly to the White Hills folks and they were in a great mood.
The Lexington was a really
cool place. It was very American downstairs and they served 20 different
American beers like Sierra Nevada , Sam Adams,
Anchor Steam, Blue Moon, Brooklyn Lager, etc… Nice décor. The upstairs had a
couple of levels and we had a sofa almost dead center upstairs so we had a
perfect view. This was the second night now where the clubs have no one to do
lights so it was just the same all night long. Too cheap to hire someone, I
guess? IT took a while for it fill up. The Norwegian band hit the stage at
20:45 (late for London !)
and were damn intense.. Just a three piece with bass, drums and guitar and it
was fucking loud. The bass player also had a floor tom that he would beat at
times. The music was a wall of sound, like an angry Melvins meets dÿse but not
as complex. Both the drummer and the guitar player shared screaming irate vocal
parts. I filmed a couple of tracks and the first one was the best track they
played an actually very cool and had more dynamics. They got a good crowd
response and they had some super heavy tracks but it was a bit much for me in
the end. They ended their set with just drums (bass player also playing) and
the guitar player just singing,
Set List: Holes, Nubile, Wheels, Valkyrie, Madonna is a
whore, Scag Cat, Dolorous, AUU, Solar Anus
White Hills
have to change out the cymbals and set up a lot of pedals but got ready pretty
fast. I had never seen Dave use so many. I have to say this concert was way too
loud. It was fucking deafening! Over 115db on my phone db meter! Great sound
but too loud. They played half of the new record and some of the songs you
would expect but a pretty fresh set and mostly high intensity space rock. They
had some pre-recorded intro and spacey sounds that started and ended some
tracks, since they don’t have anyone to make all those spaced out sounds live
like they have on their CDs. The new songs sounded amazing live especially
Robot Stomp with this really intense repeated bass line. Great song,. See the
video below. They had a set list on the stage but there was no chance for me to
get it so I am not sure exactly what was played. They opened with Path of
Light. The encore was quite long and spaced out. The audience was into it and
Dave said that London
was always great. A fun night but my ears were really ringing and I even wore
earplugs. I did not think bands were aloud to play that loud anymore? Great
night…
Set List: Intro, Path of Light, Radiate, Skin, Song of Everything, You Dream, Robot Stomp, Condition, Peace of Mind, H1-P1