The Bowery Presents (Venue Partner)
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Art Brut
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Friday Nov 13, 2009 (6pm)
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$14
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“Following an epic, five-night stand at the Mercury Lounge in June, indie-pop punks Art Brut return to New York this week to support the release of their third album, Art Brut vs. Satan, which marks a departure from what lead singer Eddie Argos calls "miserable songs about breaking up with girls." The defiant anthem "Alcoholics Unanimous" and the nostalgic "DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake" best signal this shift from the thoughtful British quartet. Openers Surfer Blood combine airy '80s melodies with shoegazy distortion — think My Bloody Valentine playing "Jesse's Girl."”
Chris Kompanek, Flavorpill
Performing with Surfer Blood
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 963-3369
Art Brut are an eccentric, motley bunch who have more in common with Half Man Half Biscuit and Pulp than they do with their oft-compared ‘influences’ The Fall. The band formed in 2003 and the current line-up consists of Eddie Argos (vocals), Ian Catskilkin (guitar), Friederike “Freddy” Feedback (bass), Jasper Future (guitar) and Mikey Breyer (drums).
Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. Their stage show would see him “playing a vacuum cleaner” and escaping from a sack. They sounded not unlike cult Glaswegians The Yummy Fur and had songs such as I Wanna Be Johnny Dean and Disco.
