OMNI w/ Patois Counselors, Konvoi
February 16, 2018 10:00PM - 2:00AM at Snug Harbor
Friday, Feb 16, 2018 10:00 PM
(Doors @ 9:00 PM)
$8 ADV / $10 DOS
18+
Omni:
Framed from within the relentless heatwave of Atlanta, Georgia, Omni cuts through the oppressive humidity of the gilded southern capital with a cool and breezy combo of lo-fi nonchalance. In paying homage to post-punk forebears like Pylon, Wire and Devo, Omni delivers a succinct and focused sound on their 2016 debut. Strung taut with wiry guitar and incisive rhythms, their approach is not without plenty of sneaky, danceable melodies to round off the hard angles. Indeed, 'Deluxe' represents a mission statement to cruise a steady though lavish wave of disenchantment like it’s 1979.
Patois Counselors:
Gangster NC post-punk, a stiff caffeine buzz in the bookstore, about to drop a new album into the hands of the curious.
https://patoiscounselors.bandcamp.com/
Konvoi:
Konvoi's music feels like a fistfight. On its full-length, self-titled debut, the Boone quartet stammers and snarls and shouts, with Sean Bos tossing off imprecations over a band that harnesses the power of hardcore to the blessed structural instability of post-punk. As blown-out bass lashes whip-like against drums that forsake neither punch nor power, David Cate wields his guitar like an amorphous weapon, capable of strangling, stabbing, bludgeoning, and biting. Some of these songs deliver big, burly hooks, while others tend to delight in their defiance of such conventions by splitting melodies and licks into a half-dozen broken pieces. Issued tonight by Chapel Hill's Snot Releases, Konvoi is one of the state's essential records this year. -Grayson Haver Currin