Spaceland

Blood on the Wall featuring Afternoons / Anders and Woods

Thursday, Feb 07, 2008 9:30 PM PST (8:30 PM Doors)
at Spaceland
in Los Angeles, CA

Blood on The Wall || Listen
Unless you never heard the reedy sneer of the Violent Femmes' Gordan Gano and The Pixies' Black Francis, or you completely missed the affected phrasing of Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, there's no denying Brooklyn's Blood on the Wall's awkward caterwauls come with ingrained precedents. But with this rumpled revivalist trio the foundation is so strong there's always a way to craft an accommodating floor plan and accessorize it with soused jangle and splayed arrangements. All the late '80s college-rawk cast-offs coagulate into an atonal, unhinged, and altogether pleasing condensation of agitated splatter. A somewhat heavier third full-length, Blood on the Wall's latest still manages to avoid being heavy-handed with its heritage. - XLR8R

with: Afternoons