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June 4, 2009
The Hemlock was back in top form after Saturday's fiasco.
Pins of Light opened the show, bringing reckless, barely-controlled punk rock to the stage. Snare-heavy drums raced the raw, aggressive guitars, anchored by the bass player, growling lyrics. Relatively simple songs gave way to careening solos. The energy was cranked up from the start and never flagged throughout.
The night took a turn with Common Eider, King Eider who resemble a minimalist blend of Mono and Storm & Stress. Their loosely structured songs maintained a chilly, mournful atmosphere until breaking open into guitar squall, vocals sighing like wind through the cracks of a house. What drums there were rumbled underneath the guitars, mounting a tension that, no matter how noisy the other instruments became, was never quite released.
It's hard to see how Common Eider, King Eider would fit in with the other bands, but Thrones' Joe Preston, sporting a bit of a Willie Nelson look, opened with a dirge built on pulsing bass overlayed with more, grimier bass, which seemed to take up where the previous band left off. The too short set ramped up slowly into some of his faster, more metallic songs, accompanied by minimal drum machine, and not so minimally processed vocals. The set ended with another funereal song that, despite the soul- and rock-crushing grind of the bass, left fans wanting more.
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