No Men

  This free show was scheduled to be at Double Door but ended up at Emporium. A friend of mine that I see at a lot of the same bands alerted me first to No Men. I credit him for introducing me to Videotape as well, so I listen to him. Then Ian's Party came along and I saw a posted video of them playing. I was fucking floored and hooked. I would miss their show for Ian's Party but caught this here gig at Emporium. Can you believe they moved to Chicago from Austin. Yes, you read that right. As in, they live in Chicago right now and they came from Austin.
  
 
  The power wielded by that single guitar is incredible. Its like he harnessed and trained a hurricane to storm the seas on command. And that control is fine tuned to when and where he wants a lightning strike. They have this ability to harness a sound that can fit an intimate space and in the next moment turn that sound into a raging metal avalanche. The sound they harness they can fit in small spaces, and the next corner its fucking Godzilla. They have that flexible intensity. This was from that one performance that I saw, and its something I want to see again. I'm a fan, hellz yeah.
  So, out of this one gig started a chain reaction of deeper research and appreciation with the download of Dear God, Bring The Doom and listening to the previous collection of the first two EP's "Houston" and "Maybe Tonight".  The two EP's were done when they were a 4 piece in Austin. It was one song that stuck in my head that compelled me to do all the habits of preparation to go see them at Emporium. One song R.N.R.G.F., pulling me in and I think I could almost hear it as I walk closer to the venue. I actually think they were playing it as I was showing my id at the door. I think they were finished with it as I closed in on the back of the crowd. I think that was still near the beginning. There were other songs that left a mark.  Right now, those are from Doom. Each track covers a wide range of textures of sound. Skiing down a mountain prone to avalanches, soaring above them those same mountains the next corner. Different and interesting struts down wide ranges of soundscapes Doom travels in minutes.
  No track wastes time establishing itself. Intense, fast, dominant, with a cool resting state, or a simmering burn.  Pursley the voice and beats a separate drum....is on fire when she does. Pursley fronts a mighty beast with DB on Bass/Guitar and EH on Drums. All this I write on the basis of hearing the music after. Time and thought is spent hearing the downloaded music. All this is after seeing them. What got me to see them was one song Rock N Roll Girl Friend. That song hooked me and had me driving with that worry of missing it and not eventually relate to the rest. One song sold me completely and had me go to this show at Emporium. I came home with a cassette and download....oh, a shirt that with some good cardio I will look better in. I will go to their next shows. They are local now. I am happy to know they moved here.
Zig


Pursley Voice/Drums
DB Bass/Guitar
EH/Drums