Post-rock quartet The Fierce And The Dead first captured the attention of listeners the artier end of the rock spectrum with their 2011 full length ‘If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecambe’. While the intricacy of the album’s music inevitably found the band gaining the “prog” tag, the instrumental wig-outs pulled far more from various alternative rock sources, with elements of noise rock, often making their love of Hüsker Dü/Minutemen et al fairly obvious. The following album, 2013’s ‘Spooky Action’ was potentially even more bonkers, showcasing four very talented musicians working their frenzied guts across a variety of angular rock sounds, with most of the material sharpened by brevity. With no filler, ‘Spooky Action’ is potentially TFATD’s masterwork; in addition to the world of looped guitars and mind bending, gleeful complexities, Kevin Feazey’s bass sound – particularly on ‘I Like It, I’m Into It’ – comes across with a genuine force. It is a record that anyone interested in quirky and thoughtful musicianship should lend an ear.
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Upcoming Matt Stevens gigs
Voted one of the best guitarists of 2014 by readers of Prog Magazine, loop guitarist Matt Stevens has a run of gigs coming up in the UK, both solo and with his band The Fierce & The Dead. All details are listed in the poster below.
Grab something festive with Matt Stevens
Matt Stevens, loop guitarist extraordinaire and sometime member of instrumental prog/post-rock outfit The Fierce & The Dead, has a festive treat for you. You can grab a recording of ‘Silent Night’ (recorded in 2011) from his Bandcamp page at the link below.
Line-up and stage times for Resonance Festival
The first four day festival to take place in South London, Resonance is a huge event featuring a host of rock and prog acts. The event is a fundraiser MacMillan Cancer Support.