Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
Wed March 20th 2013
Edinburgh scene super-groups don't come along every day, yet the
arrival of Et tu Brutus opening a four-band House of Crust bill
headlined by Californian punks, Fracas, is a tantalising prospect.
Initiated by Edinburgh School For the Deaf/St Judes Infirmary/Young
Spooks/Naked auteur Grant Campbell and The Leg's Dan Mutch as a studio
project, the pair have drafted in a rhythm section of Leg drummer Alun
Thomas and former Sara and the Snakes guitarist Andy Brown to put flesh
on the skinny-assed bones of Campbell and Mutch's avant-garage hardcore
template.
With Campbell wielding a microphone/intercom set-up that looks and
sounds like it was looted from a 1950s black cab, the muffled fuzz
gives the words he reads from A4 sheets of paper a rawness that's
accentuated by the band's wilfully no-fi sound helmed by Mutch's
guitar, which is played relentlessly, veering off into all kinds of odd
angles before barraging its way home.
Thomas' intricate guitar patterns give things an equally adventurous
air, while Brown's meat and two veg bass playing recalls Steve Hanley
during classic era Fall. Until he starts playing it with a
cheese-grater, that is, which is when things really start to shake,
rattle and roll.
The six song set is all Et tu Brutus have for the moment, but the
hellfire intensity that pulses them is still worth getting stabbed in
the back for.
The List, April 2013
ends
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