The Lexington being one of my favourite venues in London always seems to throw out a good show, whether it’s the launch of Twilight Sad’s latest epic or the experimental musings of lesser known acts such as Au (played to all of 60 people) this venue has seen some history in it’s short time of opening. Bearing that in mind I went with an open mind to tonight’s album launch having already heard These Monsters album I knew I was in for a treat.
After a few minor hiccups actually getting there we caught the end of Munroe Effect, a band whose name seems to have cropped up on many a support slot bill for a few years now and that’s probably where they will stay, it just feels like their heavy rock sound resembling early Biffy and Reuben was a year or so too late and is now something that sounds a little tired and dated. Second on the bill ‘Shield Your Eyes’ had a few interesting moments with widdly guitar lines, odd time signatures and seemingly out of tune guitars but all the praise has to go to the headliners.
These Monsters were by far the stand out band, they ploughed through their forty five minute set with ferocious intensity and wowed the crowd with their trademark prog tinged experimental rock, crazy riffs breaking into offbeat sax and synth parts. It’s been a little while since I’ve seen a new heavy British band that actually brought something new to the table but These Monsters could well be onto a good thing with their new alum ‘Call Me Dragon.’
These guys have spent their time tallying up a very exciting list of support slots consisting of bands such as 65daysofstatic, Mono, Envy, Russian Circles, Oceansize etc I feel with an album as strong as this and an obviously well thought out live show to boot I see no reason why 2010 shouldn’t be a big year for this Leeds based four piece.
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