TWO TEARS en francais!
LIVE REVIEW in PARIS from ROCK N ROLL MOTHERFUCKERS
Une
première partie méconnue mais surprenante : Two Tears. Un
des groupes de Kerry Davis, chanteuse guitariste de New York, ancien
membre fondateur de Red Aunts, Beehive & the Barracudas, toujours
belle, charismatique, dynamique, grunge, intempestive dans sa musique
post-punk et est accompagnée ce soir par des français, un
bassiste et un batteur portant d'ailleurs un t-shirt de Beehive. Ce
trio noisy est assez éclectique, des morceaux punk, d'autres
plus rock'n roll, un concentré d'énergie pure me
rappelant Sup Pop du début des années 90. Une
fraîcheur dans les compos et d'aisance naturelle. Du rock brut
inde américain dans des morceaux courts qui bastonnent. Un
garage-rock, malicieux aux contours pop qui arrachent et au charme
indéniable, agréable et direct… ce qui faut pour
chauffer une salle. Ils dépotent sérieusement avec un set
de 24 mns. Court mais intense. Kerry, avant de quitter la scène,
nous donne un rendez vous pour leur prochain gig dans un bar de
Ménilmontant « La Féline » Elle nous a dit
avec un sourire de charme " venez ça sera super !!" Je me suis
dit : à revoir. Les roadies interviennent sans tarder pour
retirer leur matériel et préparer la scène pour la
tête d'affiche.
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TWO TEARS
REVIEWS:
The Two Tears - Enjoy Yourself
Recorded by Gar Wood
Reviewer -Mike Misiak
What would it take for Kerry Davis to write a "normal" song? You know,
the ones that adhere strictly to verse-chorus-verse format with a
minimum of tempo changes? The former member of the Red Aunts, the
Barracudas and Beehives was raised on punk rock, but in her later years
she has turned inwards for her new project. Enjoy Yourself may be the
closest Davis comes to a traditional singer/songwriter album. "Wiggle
Like a Worm" is a feather-lite tune with a strong melody and a casually
shifting nature. On "Too Late," Davis lets loose with some wails that
could be from one of Nico's more difficult albums. She returns in part
to her punk roots on "To Love a Bargain" and "Morris the Code," the
latter of which features the supremely intricate percussion of Miles
Poindexter. Most of the later part of the album is towards the
hard-edged side of the spectrum, which seems to fit Davis' anxious
energy well. If Enjoy Yourself isn't quite a singer/songwriter album,
maybe it's more of a Deerhoof album. Look, no one quite remembers when
riot grrrls started listening to Fugazi and the Boredoms, it just
fucking happened, alright? So at least for a little while, whenever you
hear about the frontwoman of some nineties punk band starting a new
project, you can be pretty sure of what it will sound like. That is,
unless it sounds like Le Tigre. It's doubtful Davis owes much if
anything to Deerhoof, but the childish vocals, ironic positivity, and
even the sweet/nasty lyrical motifs are especially reminiscent of the
San Francisco band's album Milk Man. That being said, there are far, far
worse albums released recently that Enjoy Yourself could sound like.
And, ultimately, Enjoy Yourself is an appropriately titled work. It is
the sound of an artist not quite done with her creative journey, and
taking chances with her music. If this is the alternative to the usual
premature reunion of decade-old bands, then Davis is certainly doing
good for herself. (Bent Rail Foundation)
The Two Tears "Les Deux Larmes" 7"
The latest from Profet Records, and probably my favorite so far. Two
Tears is ex-Red Aunt Kerry Davis on guitar and vocals and a couple of
French gentlemen on drums and second axe . On "One Black Glove" the
guitar-swarm goo-goo-mucks it up with a brief yet Eur-appealing
sprinkling of femme vox, and it's better than you think it is. Good and
loud. "Oooo, I'm Blue" on Side B is the better of the two, since it has
this huge fuzz-monster sound they must've used a tugboat to lug through
the song, while the sharper guitar flits around with a second and more
fulfilling helping of Davis' voluptuous voice. A noise burlesque of
sorts, that implodes on itself at the end, and manages to be moody and
dark and uplifting all at the same time. Very intriguing, much like
that pretty brunette you made eye contact with on the train platform,
who was gone by the time you worked up the stomach to approach her.
Stats: 300 pressed, mine came with a Two Tears zine as well. Will
yours?(RK) TERMINAL! BOREDOM
Profet Records
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