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Brighton’s Fear of Men just headlined the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Saturday night, July 9th.
Opening up the show with a brief 30-min set was local Wetter, playing their third ever live show.
Los Angeles’ Puro Instinct was up next. The duo is normally two sisters, Piper and Skylar, but for the tour, they were joined by a male keyboardist (not introduced).
As expected with the new album Audodrama, released in conjunction of Skylar’s graduation from LACHSA, the group played a healthy selection from the new album in their 35-min set. Many of these songs actually existed as demos with similar/alternative titles, including ‘VI Of $word$’ (‘Six Of Swords’) and set closer ‘W.Y.L.’ (‘Want Your Love’).
Like many of us, particularly because we live in the Minneapolis/St Paul area, the sisters seemed angered by the recent police shooting and expressed an interest in joining the protest march taking place earlier in the day.
Fear of Men has been around since 2011, but the band finally released their debut Loom in 2014 via Kanine Records. After several years of promotion for the debut record by touring with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Lower Dens (and also including a re-issue on vinyl for Record Store Day), the band worked on new material for their sophomore album Fall Forever.
Fans of the original debut album may wonder about the different sound direction in Fall Forever, which had a bolder, louder, electronic sound. Apparently after their first world tour, the band saw and learned what they need to do for their future music. According to the band, they “wanted to write an album that would make the stage shake, and we had to work out how we could sound stronger and get our ideas across in a more concise way.”
Having said that, and looking over their 40-min setlist, it was a good mix of new and old songs on this tour. The first part is Fall Forever-heavy (starting with ‘Island’ and ending ‘Until You’), with the middle section with Loom and EP-era songs, and ending with mostly newer Fall Forever songs. No encores given.
Normally the band is a trio, featuring singer Jess Weiss, guitarist Daniel Falvey and drummer Michael Miles, but for their live shows, they’ve also added Dog in the Snow’s Helen Ganya Brown as an additional keyboard and sometime bass player. With the extra player, that relieved Weiss from playing an instrument (although she does pick up and play additional guitars on some songs that required it) and giving her the room as a singer and performer.
Fear of Men Fall Forever is out now on Kanine Records.
Remaining tour dates:
Opening up the show with a brief 30-min set was local Wetter, playing their third ever live show.
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Puro Instinct |
As expected with the new album Audodrama, released in conjunction of Skylar’s graduation from LACHSA, the group played a healthy selection from the new album in their 35-min set. Many of these songs actually existed as demos with similar/alternative titles, including ‘VI Of $word$’ (‘Six Of Swords’) and set closer ‘W.Y.L.’ (‘Want Your Love’).
Like many of us, particularly because we live in the Minneapolis/St Paul area, the sisters seemed angered by the recent police shooting and expressed an interest in joining the protest march taking place earlier in the day.
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Fear of Men
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Fans of the original debut album may wonder about the different sound direction in Fall Forever, which had a bolder, louder, electronic sound. Apparently after their first world tour, the band saw and learned what they need to do for their future music. According to the band, they “wanted to write an album that would make the stage shake, and we had to work out how we could sound stronger and get our ideas across in a more concise way.”
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Setlist |
Normally the band is a trio, featuring singer Jess Weiss, guitarist Daniel Falvey and drummer Michael Miles, but for their live shows, they’ve also added Dog in the Snow’s Helen Ganya Brown as an additional keyboard and sometime bass player. With the extra player, that relieved Weiss from playing an instrument (although she does pick up and play additional guitars on some songs that required it) and giving her the room as a singer and performer.
Fear of Men Fall Forever is out now on Kanine Records.
Remaining tour dates:
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7/12 Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern 7/13 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios 7/15 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall 7/16 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House 7/17 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo 7/19 San Diego, CA @ The Hideout 7/20 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar 7/22 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada 7/23 Austin, TX @ Barracuda 7/25 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 7/26 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle |
7/27 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar 7/31 Newcastle, UK @ Times Square Festival 9/17 Belgium, Antwerp @ Trix 9/18 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ V11 9/22 Aarhus, Denmark @ Radar 9/23 Malmö, Sweden @ Grand 9/24 Stockholm, Sweden @ Landet 9/25 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega 9/26 Berlin, Germany @ Kantine am Berghain 9/28 Vienna, Austria @ RHIZ 9/29 Budapest, Hungary @ A38 9/30 Zagreb, Croatia @ Klub Mochvara |
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Fear of Men at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (09 July 2016) |
