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Preview Wed Jul 20 2011
Find Your Other Lives
There is a lush darkness simmering throughout Other Lives' latest album Tamer Animals. The Stillwater band lets its strengths in multi-instrumentation take the bulk of the focus with strings and brass finding their way into the mix. Opener "Dark Horse" comes out of the gate to establish a tone: the vocals are brooding; the keys are plodding; the guitars are methodical. Yet Other Lives rarely veer into some type of Black Heart Procession-like territory where death seems imminent. (And I say that with great respect for BHP's wrist-slitting style.) Gorgeous harmonies provide aural breaths of fresh air to devastating stories and enough glimmers of hope get through to make Tamer Animals a supremely engaging listen. With songs popping up on popular television programs, Other Lives seem well on their way to bigger things.
Other Lives headlines Schubas on Friday, the 22nd. Thomas Dybdahl opens. The show starts at 10PM. It's 21+ and $10. Schubas is at the corner of Belmont & Southport.