DOWNLOAD: Great Northern
By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 22, 2009 7:10PM
Photo by Dana Patrick
We caught Great Northern a while ago on one of their first national tours and were entranced with how they transformed their lush recorded arrangements into brutal brawling powerhouses onstage. The boy / girl interplay that carries along the most driving tracks turn from sultry back-and-forths and become molten exchanges by two intertwining and majestic forces. Hyperbole falls by the wayside as the honesty of the band's attack strips away the threat of exaggeration.
Just listen to the melodramatic build of "Houses" as it works itself into a lather before paying off with a majestically swooping release.
The group comes to Chicago next month in support of their second full-length, Remind Me Where the Light Is.
Great Northern, The Dears, and Eulogies play May 13 at Lakeshore Theatre, 3175 N Broadway, 8 p.m., $15