Review: Pelican @ the Oran Mor, 14 Sep
Glasgow’s Oran Mor venue is bustling tonight, with a mixed breed of metal-hipsters turned out to witness mutli-polar Chicago riffsters Pelican on the UK leg of a European tour. Call it what you like: post-metal, stoner rock, they sure ‘aint easy to classify, and with no vocalist amongst the four-piece it’s a sound that doesn’t translate easily to a live setting. As such there’s little movement in the crowd as the band pound and writhe their way through a dazzling set of progressive metal, which is both calm and crushing in equal parts. Slipped between the fuzz of favourites like City of Echoes, March to the Sea, and the epic, The Woods, are two as-yet-untitled new pieces, (which, needless to say, are heavy as fuck) before the event is curtailed by an absurd 10 o’clock curfew. If there is a bad thing to say about Pelican’s live show it’s that it’s not hugely suited to the club scene, and their vast plains of noise might achieve maximum effect if applied to a similar outdoor setting.
Photo: Ron Reid
More photos from Pelican @ the Oran Mor at our Flickr-feed
Posted in Events & Music & Reviews by Martin Skivington on September 24, 2008.
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