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Russian Circles
Also Playing: Young Widows and Sweet Cobra and Phantom Family Halo
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Chris Strong
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Sat Dec 12
10 pm
Russian Circles, Young Widows, Sweet Cobra, and Phantom Family Halo at Lincoln Hall
Chicago instrumental trio Russian Circles’ take on metal has always kept an ear cocked toward subtlety, making the quiet, melodic spaces just as compelling as the dense, riff-pounding passages on its 2006 debut, Enter. That has only increased on subsequent albums; 2008’s Station sounded downright eerie and sneaky in comparison, weaving another six-track set out of patiently layered guitar lines and an equally dynamic rhythm section. The new Geneva is even less heavy and more given to a somberly epic sweep. On "Malko," the band whipsaws back and forth between floating keyboards and gritty guitar, and the atmospheric post-rock on album-closing "When The Mountain Comes To Muhammad" and "Philos" stretches out over nearly 20 minutes, slowly building waves of ruminative, inventive, spooky melody.
Lincoln Hall 2424 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL
Chicago instrumental trio Russian Circles’ take on metal has always kept an ear cocked toward subtlety, making the quiet, melodic spaces just as compelling as the dense, riff-pounding passages on its 2006 debut, Enter. That has only increased on subsequent albums; 2008’s Station sounded downright eerie and sneaky in comparison, weaving another six-track set out of patiently layered guitar lines and an equally dynamic rhythm section. The new Geneva is even less heavy and more given to a somberly epic sweep. On "Malko," the band whipsaws back and forth between floating keyboards and gritty guitar, and the atmospheric post-rock on album-closing "When The Mountain Comes To Muhammad" and "Philos" stretches out over nearly 20 minutes, slowly building waves of ruminative, inventive, spooky melody.
Updated 11/01/2011
