Dead Letter Circus, Floating Me, [Me] @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne (02/04/2011)
This Is The Warning has catapulted Dead
Letter Circus into the ranks of Australia’s best prog acts. Highly revered,
they continue to dominate cities across Australia with sell out shows after
debuting their album at #2 on the ARIA charts. Selling out the Corner Hotel for
the first of two stops on this tour, Dead Letter Circus led the charge with a
bevy of supports from old and new friends.
What better way to describe Melbourne locals [Me] than as the lovechild of Muse and Queen, with hints of The Mars Volta spliced within. The highlight of the set comes with opening song, Like A Fox. The four piece are an exceptionally tight group, working tirelessly to have the whole set list flow from song to song. With no breaks in between songs, [Me] win over the Corner crowd with ease.
A draw card for the second support slot was the promotion of Floating Me including members of Karnivool and Cog. With Dead Letter Circus being juxtapose to these two fine acts, the choice of support was a no brainer. Vocalist Andrew Gillespie commands the stage with ferocity, the crowding growing larger with each song they perform. Floating Me sound like Cog, yet they retain the melodic ambiance of Karnivool through Jon Stockman’s bass performance. Even though they perform a gig worthy of headlining, it’s a drum solo by Lucius Borich, which truly steals the set.
Tonight’s Dead Letter Circus performance was the fifth time I would be seeing them perform live. Early inclusions of the set came with The Mile and Disconnect and Apply, both tracks from the debut EP. Cameramen take their vantage points around the venue to film aspects of the set, with Kim Benzie specifically making note of Reaction being filmed for a live music video. It’s with vocalist Kim Benzie’s unique voice where Cage and This Long Hour provide set highlights.
Dedicating a song to the long time fans from the very beginning, it was something of treat to hear Alien performed live once more. It was back in March 2009 where I first heard this track live, closing a set at Bang nightclub. To hear it once more was a fantastic moment, given that it’s one of the more ambient tracks from Dead Letter Circus.
Closing with Here We Divide and This Is The Warning, DLC invited Lucius Borich and Sean Baily from Sydonia to provide the tribal drumming which paces the track, closing the set with exuberant style. The set list was a highlight of the very best from their catalogue, but it was truly the inclusion of Alien that stole this show. Despite some feedback issues during This Is The Warning, Dead Letter Circus once again proved they are the next big name in Australian progressive rock. A world-class performance. Heed this warning.
Luke Sutton
What better way to describe Melbourne locals [Me] than as the lovechild of Muse and Queen, with hints of The Mars Volta spliced within. The highlight of the set comes with opening song, Like A Fox. The four piece are an exceptionally tight group, working tirelessly to have the whole set list flow from song to song. With no breaks in between songs, [Me] win over the Corner crowd with ease.
A draw card for the second support slot was the promotion of Floating Me including members of Karnivool and Cog. With Dead Letter Circus being juxtapose to these two fine acts, the choice of support was a no brainer. Vocalist Andrew Gillespie commands the stage with ferocity, the crowding growing larger with each song they perform. Floating Me sound like Cog, yet they retain the melodic ambiance of Karnivool through Jon Stockman’s bass performance. Even though they perform a gig worthy of headlining, it’s a drum solo by Lucius Borich, which truly steals the set.
Tonight’s Dead Letter Circus performance was the fifth time I would be seeing them perform live. Early inclusions of the set came with The Mile and Disconnect and Apply, both tracks from the debut EP. Cameramen take their vantage points around the venue to film aspects of the set, with Kim Benzie specifically making note of Reaction being filmed for a live music video. It’s with vocalist Kim Benzie’s unique voice where Cage and This Long Hour provide set highlights.
Dedicating a song to the long time fans from the very beginning, it was something of treat to hear Alien performed live once more. It was back in March 2009 where I first heard this track live, closing a set at Bang nightclub. To hear it once more was a fantastic moment, given that it’s one of the more ambient tracks from Dead Letter Circus.
Closing with Here We Divide and This Is The Warning, DLC invited Lucius Borich and Sean Baily from Sydonia to provide the tribal drumming which paces the track, closing the set with exuberant style. The set list was a highlight of the very best from their catalogue, but it was truly the inclusion of Alien that stole this show. Despite some feedback issues during This Is The Warning, Dead Letter Circus once again proved they are the next big name in Australian progressive rock. A world-class performance. Heed this warning.
Luke Sutton