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Decibully
Also Playing: Jookabox and The Daredevil Christopher Wright
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Fri Jan 22
9:30 pm
Decibully, Jookabox, and The Daredevil Christopher Wright at Memorial Union Rathskeller
Decibully's latest record of cosmic roots-rock, World Travels Fast, showcases the Milwaukee band's epic side in more ways than one: Not only does it open with the glittering cymbals, volume-swell noise, and yearning a cappella vocals of "Broken Glass," it also took nearly five years to get out. The album sat complete and in limbo for more than a year, finally getting proper release at the end of 2009 through Listening Party Records. Luckily, neither the wait nor the six-piece group's sonic ambition could swallow up the rarified, dynamic drama of its songs. Jookabox's sparse, harsh sleaze sounds at first more electronic than it really is; underneath mastermind David Adamson’s jerky beats and synthetic textures lies a squirming nest of organic weirdness. As if to prove that, 2009's Dead Zone Boys features the track "You Cried Me," two and a half minutes of frantic, acoustic strumming and very human harmonies that stands in contrast to the stray oscillations of 2008's Ropechain.
Memorial Union Rathskeller 800 Langdon St, Madison, WI
Decibully's latest record of cosmic roots-rock, World Travels Fast, showcases the Milwaukee band's epic side in more ways than one: Not only does it open with the glittering cymbals, volume-swell noise, and yearning a cappella vocals of "Broken Glass," it also took nearly five years to get out. The album sat complete and in limbo for more than a year, finally getting proper release at the end of 2009 through Listening Party Records. Luckily, neither the wait nor the six-piece group's sonic ambition could swallow up the rarified, dynamic drama of its songs. Jookabox's sparse, harsh sleaze sounds at first more electronic than it really is; underneath mastermind David Adamson’s jerky beats and synthetic textures lies a squirming nest of organic weirdness. As if to prove that, 2009's Dead Zone Boys features the track "You Cried Me," two and a half minutes of frantic, acoustic strumming and very human harmonies that stands in contrast to the stray oscillations of 2008's Ropechain.
Updated 03/21/2011
