Last Night Trans Am @ Neumo’s
posted by on April 24 at 15:26 PM
Actually, I missed Trans Am because I left early and they went on late.
Dammit. I hear they’ve been slaying it on this tour. I bet they were really good.
I know that openers Zombi were really good, totally synth-tastic. Take the synthy ominous-ness of Pink Floyd’s “Welcome to the Machine,” the energy of the intro to “Jump” by Van Halen, and Styx’s headiest prog grandeur; put a ridiculously large drum kit behint it; crank up the volume and the impending dread factor; and you’ve got this instrumental two-piece from Pittsburgh. A mesmerising blend of warm analog keys, shivery chordal drones, and flamboyant percussion, they sounded like evil anime clowns with feathered hair piloting a hovercraft Camaro.
Black Taj, the opening band on the bill, swerved from pretty good to not so good. Their blues-heavy boogie riff-rock with an improvisational flair led to a great time on stage and unspooled some pretty catchy hooks. But when the rhythm guitarist interrupted a roaring extended jam to step up and sing they lost all their mystique. Sometimes it’s beat to keep your mouth shut.
There's a wayyyyy less wordy way to describe Zombi - namely, to say that they sound like Goblin. Especially given that they're essentially a Goblin tribute band (although they sort of transcend that status, creatively speaking, by writing songs that sound like Goblin's, rather than merely play covers). I mean, their name even comes from Dario Argento's cut of "Dawn of the Dead," which Goblin scored.
Come on, Line Out, show Goblin some love! (hm... now that I've typed that, it occurs to me that "Show Goblin Some Love" sounds like the name of a RenFair cosplay porno.)
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