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Tonight at Red 7: Burning Brides
It must have been last October sometime when a reunited Helmet made a stop at Austin’s Red 7. To say Page Hamilton and Co. blew me away would be an understatement. To say supporting act Burning Brides was every bit as impressive would be a stretch but, for the most part, still accurate.
The band’s sound is somewhere between the hazy grooves of Queens of the Stone Age, feedback-laden, Mastodon-esque metal, and Foo Fighters at their most agro – a sonic diversity that has offered the band the opportunity to support bands ranging from The White Stripes, A Perfect Circle, and My Morning Jacket on recent tours.
The Brides - consisting of Dimitri Coats (vocals/guitars), wife Melanie Coats (bass), and Pete Beeman (drums) - are currently touring in support of their self-released fourth album, Anhedonia (buy it here) (the band was at one point signed to Richard Branson’s Virgin Records follow-up, V2 Records, putting out two albums before the label, essentially, folded in 2007). Visit the band’s Myspace profile to check out 6 songs from Anhedonia (that’s like, half the album). The record was recorded live, allowing for a no frills, no bullshit sound.
One last note: Burning Brides tour in a biodiesel-fueled van. Having once been the proud owner of a waste-vegetable oil-powered van, I can attest to the hard work that goes into making this possible. Kudos Brides, kudos.
Show info & tickets here.
By blog contributor James Taylor.