| {home } {booking } {myspace } {lastfm } {join the mailing list } |
||
| press & other attentions about {beautiful evidence} : about "searching for a better way..." : everything else |
||
|
the latest and greatest
Tear Me to Shreds Atrina looks nothing like their music. Bandleader Kelly L'Heureux's dress and hair and cheeky cheeks all hint more toward indie than alternative. Aside from drummer Dave Parmelee's Godflesh T-shirt (and even that band is eclipsed by its newer, more hipster-friendly incarnation, Jesu), there's not a hint of recognizable scenester iconography on stage. What's more, I left the show thinking that Atrina's two axmen looked familiar, and some Google-fu confirmed my suspicions. Bassist Will Iannuzi also mans the low end for trashy punkabilly scumbags the Vultures; and the tall guy who kept his back to the audience the whole time was none other than Phil Law, who transforms into a bass-pawing math-metal lunatic when playing in Bloarzeyd. Shit, dude, even the band's pedigree makes them impossible to pigeonhole. But it's nice to be disarmed. Atrina force you to meet them with openness and wonderment, rather than (Dan Berry)
Now, here in Oct ’08, Kelly L’Heureux sends me a 5 song EP “(beautiful evidence)” by her “new” band . . . . . . . . . . . New Haven Advocate {09.24.08} another review of the {beautiful evidence} e.p. Atrina sounds like they mean it, with an earnestness matched by technical expertise and solid songwriting. This record is high-stakes. It bears the superficial markers of earnestness — deep, heavy riffing, a brooding and moody sensibility, haunted-sounding vocals and songs exclusively in minor keys — but it transcends superficiality. Singer Kelly L'Hereux sounds impassioned and entirely straightforward, her voice positioned low enough in the mix to create a compelling push-and-pull between vocals and band. This dark stuff is thoroughly rocking, spooky, tuneful and direct, a collection of mid-tempo post-punk tunes from the depths that delivers. New Haven rocker boys, take note — L'Hereux's not joking around, and she's helping to trash the local scene's in-joke-isms and to bring us in touch with something more universal in the process. (Brian LaRue) . . . . . . . . . . . one bass on an overthrow {09.14.08} @ I AM Festival in New London - 09.13.08 Atrina's presentation still needs a bit of work-- to be fair, they've apparently got five years' worth of rust to contend with-- but their songs are really great; nice bottom-heavy rock stuff with some spacier passages in between, sorta like a more rugged Farewood. Like that's gonna help anyone, seeing as most of you haven't heard any of the newer Farewood stuff, but y'know, that's what the song down below is for. Atrina - "Beautiful Evidence" ![]() . . . . . . . . . . . PLAY Arts & Entertainment Weekly {09.03.08} a review of the {beautiful evidence} e.p. About five years ago this band just kind of went away which was a dang shame 'cause they were a great, moody-without-being-mopey, sorta arty group that worked well. This here is a "return" recording with a sorta new line-up. And it's better than the old stuff. For real. Five songs, pleasantly shadow-y (if Siouxsie sang some pop tunes through the Melvins gear) and spot-on solid. Chilling atmospheric beauty, just enough distortion, delicate vocals offset the dirge-ous bits, all good. Holy crap! Seriously now. This is really good. Standout Track: Just get the disc, okay? And don't worry about it. (Craig Gilbert) |
|
{top } {home } {shows } {sounds } {sights } {press } {contact } site design ©2008 by {Go-To Girl } |