Showing posts with label pelican vision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pelican vision. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

loughton, pelican vision, and canyons @ the international coffee house 7.6.11

tonight's show was a really good surprise. i didn't know that this coffee house in brea would do anything other than acoustic shows, so i was stoked when i heard the line-up.

loughton played their second show. they played four songs again, but no cover. the last song was a newer one, and sounded really good. madison is a pretty awesome frontman. i can't wait until they write enough for a full set.

pelican vision has gotten a lot better. their new songs are the best things that jake brown has written. they just recorded a five song demo that sounds really good. i can't wait to see what they'll do next.

with me being away at school the last two years i have only seen canyons once, and when i saw them they were acoustic. so tonight was the first proper set i've seen them play. first of all. FUCK. their drummer is unbelievable. it's not very often that drummers stand out that much, but he is just soo good. i don't think they had the same organ player the last time i saw them. i really liked her. the songs sound great. jeremy has some indie star quality to him. it's just weird that they're playing coffee shops for free. they should be playing way bigger stages. i couldn't help but think . . . wow, they're a real band. they're really good. they're really fucking good. hopefully good things start happening for them. they're too good to go unnoticed. they blew me away. wow.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Pelican Vision - Demo 2010

i had the pleasure of playing a show with jake brown/pelican vision a little over a month ago. two weeks ago he gave me a three song cd-r with his band name written on it in black sharpie. i've listened to it everyday since i got it. it really is that good. in the first song 'parables' jake sings, "if you have a question then i probably don't have an answer/if you have all the answers then i probably won't even bother" before belching "these details are driving me insane." this is the best song on the demo, and an all around quality folk song. the second song 'life long road' has some extremely catchy electric guitar lines, and hooks you in with harmonica that stays in your head for days. the third and final song 'death march' has a little bit of a surf vibe, which i really like. all around this is a pretty amazing introduction to a band that showcases a lot of potential.