The lineup for the Perth International Arts Festival was announced the other week, and after seeing the incredibly visual performance by Of Montreal last time, its going to be even better with Pains of Being Pure at Heart and HEALTH coming to greet our little city in the corner of the world.
Youthful delusions of grandeur are hardly delusions for Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The visceral vocal melodies floating above My Bloody Valentine guitar washes ringing with the hooks of The Shins will haunt you for weeks. For some it may come as an 80's indie-pop revivalist album, but their panache has created something beautiful. Their 15 minute self titled EP has been hailed with nothing but acclaim, and in your nostalgia driven daydreams, this will be the soundtrack.
Like a new box of Lego thrown hastily out of the box, Pivot dismantle the framework of progressive music, and create a sound so complex and delicate it spurs you into a state of reverie.
Everyone should have heard of HEALTH's collaboration with Canadian mind-fuck Crystal Castles, and their track Crimewave, but this is something else. Heavy synths with harmonic vocals.
The festival runs from February 5th to March 1st.
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