Native
w/O'Brother
Saturday, September 7th, at the Pike Room
In
just a handful of years, Native have quietly built
themselves a large word-of-mouth following in the
underground as an incendiary live act. The iconoclast
group's impeccable musicianship, ominous chords,
apocalyptic vocals and innovative rhythms hit with an
intensity that can only be described as akin to a
white-knuckle thrill ride.
There's
as much suffocating darkness as there is thoughtful
focus to Native's intricate song structures and pensive
lyrics. There's a dark foreboding in the guitar lines
simultaneously pushing and pulling, the whole band
embracing and tearing apart musical convention with the
unpredictability of a protest gone awry.
Orthodox
was recorded by Greg Norman (Russian
Circles, Pelican) in Tolono,
IL and in Chicago throughout 2012 and 2013. The album's
taut 8 songs were eventually chosen out of nearly 20
tracks written over a grueling couple of years of
writing and reworking ideas in near seclusion. Native's
critically-acclaimed 2010 debut full length
Wrestling Moves was also issued by Sargent
House. The band's self-released EP We Delete:
Erase in 2008 got the attention of Sargent House,
who then signed the band to management and
label.
