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Methyl Ethel Setlist
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Perth-based band Methyl Ethel headlined the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday, April 12th, touring in support of their Oh Inhuman Spectacle (4AD Records).
Opening the show was local band Graveyard Club, playing shoegazing, synthy songs. We first came across the band in 2014 as opener for The Drums and wrote, “Hometown band The Graveyard Club started the night off with a handful of spooky synth-laced gems and featured main duo Matthew Schufman (vocals/keyboard) and Michael Wojtalewicz (guitarist) alongside newer members Cory Jacobs on drums and Amanda Zimmerman on bass.”
Graveyard Club ended their quick 30-min set with ‘Nightcrawler’, the lead single from their latest record Cellar Door.
Next up was Brooklyn-based Blonder, not to be confused with Milwaukee’s Blonder. The New York Blonder is led by singer/guitarist Constantine Anastasakis, and this show was the first night on the second part of their tour with Methyl Ethel.
Although the band’s been compared to Day Wave, a newfound fan in the audience described the band as a “Sleepy Strokes”. The fan wasn’t wrong, many of their songs, particularly ‘Talk to Me’ sounded as if it was a Strokes song... only on Prozac.
With only a handful of singles, the band played all the songs they’ve released, but throwing in some forthcoming songs and demos they were working on.
After an awkward guitar tuning, the band ended their set with ‘Lean’, which I believe is their first single and one of Frankie Cosmos’ favorite songs.
Australia’s Mythel Ethel closed out the night. We first caught the band opening for Preoccupations (formerly Viet Cong) in October 2016 and noted that the band loves Minneapolis’ friendly people and beautiful buildings. He said that he would love to come back, and as promised, the band was headlining the 7th Street Entry last Wednesday.
While the U.S. has only recently discovered the band last year, the truth is that bandleader Jake Webb started the band three years earlier and locally (Australia) released their debut Oh Inhuman Spectacle in 2014 via Dot Dash Recordings and Remote Control. The band did rather well, winning Best Pop Act in 2015 and Pop Song of 2014 for ‘Rogues’ at the Western Australian Music Industry Awards.
Since making their North American debut at CMJ in 2016, the band re-released Oh Inhuman Spectacle through 4AD Records and working to get their name to the United States audience.
As expected with bands with only one album, the band basically played the entire record with no encores. The band seemed more confident this time around, making bolder dance moves and not afraid to occasionally make a bad joke (like how they were playing their last song only 20 minutes in their set).
If you love their debut Oh Inhuman Spectacle, this is really the perfect tour for you to hear these songs live.
Remaining tour dates:
Opening the show was local band Graveyard Club, playing shoegazing, synthy songs. We first came across the band in 2014 as opener for The Drums and wrote, “Hometown band The Graveyard Club started the night off with a handful of spooky synth-laced gems and featured main duo Matthew Schufman (vocals/keyboard) and Michael Wojtalewicz (guitarist) alongside newer members Cory Jacobs on drums and Amanda Zimmerman on bass.”
Graveyard Club ended their quick 30-min set with ‘Nightcrawler’, the lead single from their latest record Cellar Door.
Next up was Brooklyn-based Blonder, not to be confused with Milwaukee’s Blonder. The New York Blonder is led by singer/guitarist Constantine Anastasakis, and this show was the first night on the second part of their tour with Methyl Ethel.
Although the band’s been compared to Day Wave, a newfound fan in the audience described the band as a “Sleepy Strokes”. The fan wasn’t wrong, many of their songs, particularly ‘Talk to Me’ sounded as if it was a Strokes song... only on Prozac.
With only a handful of singles, the band played all the songs they’ve released, but throwing in some forthcoming songs and demos they were working on.
After an awkward guitar tuning, the band ended their set with ‘Lean’, which I believe is their first single and one of Frankie Cosmos’ favorite songs.
Australia’s Mythel Ethel closed out the night. We first caught the band opening for Preoccupations (formerly Viet Cong) in October 2016 and noted that the band loves Minneapolis’ friendly people and beautiful buildings. He said that he would love to come back, and as promised, the band was headlining the 7th Street Entry last Wednesday.
While the U.S. has only recently discovered the band last year, the truth is that bandleader Jake Webb started the band three years earlier and locally (Australia) released their debut Oh Inhuman Spectacle in 2014 via Dot Dash Recordings and Remote Control. The band did rather well, winning Best Pop Act in 2015 and Pop Song of 2014 for ‘Rogues’ at the Western Australian Music Industry Awards.
Since making their North American debut at CMJ in 2016, the band re-released Oh Inhuman Spectacle through 4AD Records and working to get their name to the United States audience.
As expected with bands with only one album, the band basically played the entire record with no encores. The band seemed more confident this time around, making bolder dance moves and not afraid to occasionally make a bad joke (like how they were playing their last song only 20 minutes in their set).
If you love their debut Oh Inhuman Spectacle, this is really the perfect tour for you to hear these songs live.
Remaining tour dates:
04/15/17 Toronto, ON The Garrison
04/18/17 Allston, MA Great Scott
04/20/17 Brooklyn, NY Baby's All Right
04/22/17 Washington, DC DC9
04/28/17 Groovin' The Moo (Wayville)
04/29/17 Groovin' The Moo (Maitland)
04/30/17 Groovin' The Moo (Townsville)
05/06/17 Groovin The Moo (Bendigo)
05/07/17 Groovin' The Moo (Canberra)
05/13/17 Groovin The Moo (Bunbury)
06/03/17 Field Day (London)
04/18/17 Allston, MA Great Scott
04/20/17 Brooklyn, NY Baby's All Right
04/22/17 Washington, DC DC9
04/28/17 Groovin' The Moo (Wayville)
04/29/17 Groovin' The Moo (Maitland)
04/30/17 Groovin' The Moo (Townsville)
05/06/17 Groovin The Moo (Bendigo)
05/07/17 Groovin' The Moo (Canberra)
05/13/17 Groovin The Moo (Bunbury)
06/03/17 Field Day (London)
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Graveyard Club |
Blonder |
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Methyl Ethel at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (12 April 2017) |
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