beat drun juel

  Ah yes, they played before Sleepy Kitty. I caught their set. I'm already a fan and I caught their set. I have already downloaded and listened to them live. I took home this cool grey shirt of theirs. All these things reinforce a memory, to a set of memories. By way of Moritat I am a fan of Beat Drun Juel. They are from Chicago. As I research more, I like them more.  The girl is a guitar player's love child. Guitar playing is a studied passion. I think she was into playing guitar before singing.
  You all need to see Ms Pasty Face play solo with this song Satisfy. Its deep, its powerful, confident like a Billy Idol snarl. I'm almost sure I saw this play at Cole's when she had no choice but to go it alone. It is deep, it is beyond the names we can call her, but.......I get a cascade flash reminder of PJ Harvey. We can give PJ a break y'all.     More research, more PJ and 90's comparisons! Perhaps that is why BDJ are just right with me. 90's lens is still a flexible thing. For me I can firmly weigh it with 90's bands all fucking day without fear of stigmatizing BDJ as sounding a certain way. The bloody decade has yet to find its costume. Its not like I'm calling it shoegaze.   Awful World bluesy enough and you are set up for the suspenseful I See You.
    The Ken Russell lens is going recall the memory of seeing them this a certain way. I gotta put together this set I caught at Empty Bottle before Sleepy Kitty. These songs from Off Your Face is hitting me like a ton of fucking bricks. And then see how this ignites a certain way the memory of seeing them the few times that I can. All these spark impressions invite more time with the music. Awful World is one of them songs that I can hear again a few times, and yet does not become the one song on the EP. You are just set up for the next. You become a fan of them over more than one track. AAB SOCEC had me in less than 40 seconds. The shorter tracks are potent as well. And then you can't help but want to hear more from them. And now I'm going to to take a moment to think "wow, I've met them!".....This is a Chicago band, I got to meet her after Coles. Beat Drun Juel began a night finished with Cross Record. .
  Pasty Face has a commanding dominant-mysterious, casual stage presence, she just has it. As I read about her, that eventually influences how I see her. I'm aware how great and practiced a guitar player she is. That means to those moments when its just her and that guitar, a special observation. I mean it can hit you really hard when you see them live, and the download EP is doing its damage and leaving an imprint. That can also hit on its own but....I am happy to now be a fan of Beat Drun Juel. I am happy to have seen them just before seeing Cross Record on a different venue a long walk away. Off Your Face, bluesy, timeless....yeah I think so.. The reason why I think we go to PJ for comparison and not go for something more contemporary is this timeless quality. Ms Pasty Face like PJ has her blues down. Its not generic,  or so weathered that it too easily telegraphs. On them Beat Drun Juel,  colors of blues, the whole spectrum they can wear as authority.
Zig