WHITE LUNG - St Vitus Bar - Brooklyn (USA) - 25-06-14
1 -
Drown With the Monster
2 - Face Down
3 -
Sycophant
4 - Bag
5 - Bad Way
6 -
Wrong Star
7 -
Thick Lip
8 - Blow
It South
9 -
Snake Jaw
10 -
Just for You
11 - I
Believe You
12 -
Down It Goes
13 -
Take the Mirror
KEXP
session - Seattle
- 04-12-14
14 -
Wrong Star
15 -
Snake Jaw + Interview
16 -
Down It Goes
17 -
Blow It South
Bonus :
18 - I
Believe You - Space 15 Twenty - Los
Angeles - 21-08-14
Technical info :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 52 mns
Size : 3,61 Go
Menu & Chapters - Artwork includedAudio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 52 mns
Size : 3,61 Go
In a punk
mood today. Back to ... ? Straight ahead, for once ! Here's the fast and boisterous "White
Lung", from Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.
I think my first memory of the band gets back to a couple of weeks before a
concert of Duchess Says, another Canadian band, who played round here a while
ago. I was already fan of Duchess (maybe one day on this blog ... !) and
its nice and crazy singer, Annie-Claude. While documenting a few weeks before
the show, I came to that poster from a past tour they teamed up with their White
Lung fellows. I ventured on and went
into it straight away. The howling "know my right" voice of
Mish, the intricate dripping and jolting sound of Kenneth's guitar, the fast
headlong punk pace of Anne-Marie's drumming. Danger and urgency were back and
it felt good !
The band
has recently signed to Domino Records, which gives them, though still
independent, a wider exposure. All credit however first goes to their latest album,
"Deep Fantasy", a 10-track-22-minute ball of fire which, over the
weeks, has stealthily reached the honours of the ritual "50 albums of the
year", ranking # 32 for "Pitchfork", # 6 for
"Stereogum", # 3 for
"Rolling Stones" and even n° 1 favourite album of 2014 for
"Brooklyn Vegan" ! More, the sophisticated mad-twisting play of
Kenneth has at last deservedly come to reviewers ' ears and consideration,
ranking 14th in the best guitar player of the year chart of "GuitarPlanet" mag. But maybe, what strikes first and most, listening to White
Lung, is Mish Way's
voice. It's not flawless and some may not like it but it totally fits the music
played here with loud and clear "don't mess with me-fuck off"
spit and snarl. Mish knows her stuff, wears the pants and has her own views on life,
certainly fuelled by journalism studies, active blogging, columnist work in
"Self Titled " magazine and in "Ask Mish" for Vice website,
where she even sometimes turns into a kind of sex advisor (!). Of course,
feminism can be heard here but is never exclusive. The band has also often been
associated to the riot grrrl movement. However, Mish, Anne-Marie, Hether and
Kenneth don't seem to give a sh... to tight bloody tags. They make their own
way. Make them your own !
Enjoy !
Cheers !
Chac
