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Tour Dates
04/18/11 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
04/20/11 Missoula, MT @ Top Hat 04/22/11 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey 04/23/11 Portland, OR @ Holocene 04/25/11 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge 04/26/11 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge * with Tobacco & Beans |
The Chicago band Shapers, on tour after completing their debut album Little, Big, played an 18+ show at The Triple Rock on April 17th.
Heartbeats synchronized with their deeply loud, trippy techno-psychedelic prog-rocky flambé kind of sound. The movie screen background played kaleidoscope-like imagery, snatching the eyes of the audience as everyone fell into a gaze (…or maybe that was just me). Facing each other rather than outward, the band themselves had little crowd interaction, giving credit to the sound more than the people who play it.
Shapers music was lyric light and sound heavy. The classic guitar/ bass/ drums/ keyboard were their instrument combination, altogether creating music that was uniquely un-standard. The drums were heavy on cymbals and everything was twisted and manipulated with soundboards. The guitarist had even grabbed a hand-held plastic fan using it to strum, creating a sound like a helicopter chopping to the beat of their music. Underneath the computer generated sound styling, classical rock talent can be heard playing on the instruments. It was hard to tell when one song ended and another began so everything seemed to blend into one long, fantastic performance piece.
The only thing that could have made their concert better is had they worn the masks from the music video for their song “Jar”. All in all I left the concert feeling kind of like I had just taken an acid trip through the twilight zone.
Heartbeats synchronized with their deeply loud, trippy techno-psychedelic prog-rocky flambé kind of sound. The movie screen background played kaleidoscope-like imagery, snatching the eyes of the audience as everyone fell into a gaze (…or maybe that was just me). Facing each other rather than outward, the band themselves had little crowd interaction, giving credit to the sound more than the people who play it.
Shapers music was lyric light and sound heavy. The classic guitar/ bass/ drums/ keyboard were their instrument combination, altogether creating music that was uniquely un-standard. The drums were heavy on cymbals and everything was twisted and manipulated with soundboards. The guitarist had even grabbed a hand-held plastic fan using it to strum, creating a sound like a helicopter chopping to the beat of their music. Underneath the computer generated sound styling, classical rock talent can be heard playing on the instruments. It was hard to tell when one song ended and another began so everything seemed to blend into one long, fantastic performance piece.
The only thing that could have made their concert better is had they worn the masks from the music video for their song “Jar”. All in all I left the concert feeling kind of like I had just taken an acid trip through the twilight zone.
