Chicagoist: Pelican Takes It Outside

happyfunball

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:20:12 -0600

What mucky fingers said. The quickest way to bore the hell out of me is excessive guitar noodling. My first concert was Joe Satriani at age 13 (my brother convinced our dad to take us) and I never went to another rock show till 21.

jamesj

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:48:41 -0600

there are plenty of good hard rock instrumental or heavily instrumental bands, just so ya know. ever heard of Don Caballero or the Fucking Champs? Although I will say that the this song is not at all as interesting as the music those two bands make. Sounds like Pelican just got kinda sick of playing long, slow songs all the time. A couple of cool riffs, but overall, yeah, not too memorable.

Mucky Fingers

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:02:31 -0600

WTF? A hard rock instrumental without a single hook or memorable riff! Guys - go buy some surf records...if no one's gonna sing, then the guitars have to! And lay off the damn Rush albums.

jg

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:53:21 -0600

Soon Pelican and Explosions in the Sky will merge and become one.

gerobobo

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:11:35 -0600

...yeah, well, this song still sucked.

jamesj

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:03:30 -0600

Pelican's earlier material, namely their first EP and the subsequent full length Australasia, had a much more prominent doom metal influence than their most recent stuff, which is moving closer and closer towards post/atmospheric-rock. Their use of dense, layered sound-scapes has been the most consistent characteristic of their music. But trust me, those dudes know how to bring the metal. Just check out the other projects some of the members are involved in, i.e., Tusk, Lair of the Minotaur, etc. for further evidence.

gerobobo

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:01:03 -0600

sucked.

matty

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:58:23 -0600

Well, no, it's not. But metal sounding music has been back. Apparently this stuff is not "Real metal" a la slayer. But I'm not all that into it so other people can have that argument.

TonyB

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:49:50 -0600

Uh yeah. That atmospheric mess I just listened to isn't metal. Not by a long shot.

matty

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:44:34 -0600

Metal has been back for a long time now tonyb. Get with the times man.

TonyB

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:41:32 -0600

Metal? Really?