Dykehouse, Thunderbirds Are Now!, M.Sord, Chalk December 11, 2004

Saturday.December.11
Dykehouse(ghostly)
Thunderbirds Are Now!(French Kiss)
M.Sord
Chalk

doors at 9pm, 18+, $7
"Dykehouse abandons the complexity of his electronic landscapes for compositions with a pop sensibility. Entirely composed on his home computer, these songs overflow with reverb guitars, sweltering bass lines and drums, with vaporous vocals, well set in the background, adding some melancholic touches to the mix. Breaking these dense rock-infused textures with a handful of purely electronic ambient interludes, Dykhouse manages to preserve the consistency of this album all the way through. In most part capturing the essence of the genre, Dykehouse creates an interesting, if slightly nostalgic, soundtrack. The album ranges from the lazy Burden Of Life (which sounds as an outtake from Slowdive?s Souvlaky), Drown Inside Of Me or When You Come to the slightly more awake first single, Chain Smoking, or Unholy Fire and the delicate acoustic flavours of the superb Western Lands."-milk factory