Thursday 7 August 2008

O'Death

To find O'Death live is something of a spiritual experience, though not in a traditional Pentecostal sense. Drummer David Rogers-Berry batters the crap out of an old marching band snare, broken cymbals and dented oil cans with splintered drumsticks and chains; he and bassist Jesse Newman are rarely seen with a shirt on. Fiddler Bob Pycior and banjo player Gabe Darling ar fearless and ominously sweaty, both capable of screaming with precise intonation. Guitarist/vocalist Greg Jamie's gnarly embrangle sounds like the