The Men + Pulled Apart TOMMOROW (Weds 30th May) (1 Viewer)

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Whelanslive.com presents

THE MEN (NYC)
+ Pulled Apart
Wednesday 30[SUP]th[/SUP] May
Whelan’s Of Wexford St
Tickets €13.50 including booking fee available to buy online now from WAV Tickets or call the WAV Box Office [Lo-call 1890 200 078]

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Ironically referred to by Timeout NY as “Thurston Moore & the E Street Band" The Men have never been a band to play by categorical punk subgenre rules. Instead, over the last three years, this band has dabbled in everything from hardcore punk to psych to shoegaze to black metal; and they have done all of it effortlessly, and for the most part, flawlessly. Totally removed from the current climate of a.d.d-youtube-blog-hyped generation of musicians under 21, stand out from the pack as both scene elders and actual record collectors. What makes this band so unique is their ability to synthesize their influences rather than just regurgitate them – you can hear traces of Swans, Fugazi, The Buzzcocks, The Replacements & Faust on their second album ‘Leave Home’ and their latest LP opens up a whole new world of pop and classic rock influences but without ever relinquishing control of their own distinct identity.

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'Open Your Heart, the band’s 3rd full length LP, sees the NY quartet explore twangy country music, guitar solos, surf-ish riffs, psych, and just about everything in between. Erring on the side of literal as opposed to ironic, the song titles here (“Oscillation”, “Country Song”, “Ex-Dreams,” etc.) blatantly celebrate the band’s “you get what you pay for” diy aesthetic. Beyond their genre defying writing experiments, some of the band’s finest singles to date are on this record; “Open Your Heart,” “Please Don’t Go Away,” and “Candy” all demonstrate a new pop sensibility that previous albums only hinted at. Additionally, having four songwriters in the band lends itself to a truly unpredictable and thrilling live experience. With Open Your Heart, The Men embrace what is truly their calling, and flower into the fully diversified punk band their fans have always championed them for being.

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Pulled Apart
Pulled Apart are an Irish hardcore punk band hailing from the Riffs Of More and features current & ex-members of Frustration & Drainland among others. Taking their cue from the impassioned hardcore of early Bad Brains and Minor Threat they create of snarling wall of politically-charged punk fury that will tattoo your armpits and shave your back.

http://pulledapart.bandcamp.com/

 

[jay69]

that was loud. deadly band

 

[Jasper]

Yeah great band. Could have played for longer though.

 

[Stan Bowles]

Started off at a blistering pace but sagged a little in the middle. They also seemed to be playing a whole bunch of new stuff, I only recognised two songs from the last album, nothing from the first one.

Enjoyed it a lot but I was kinda hoping for a bit more than what was essentially a practise run for new songs before Primavera.

 

[Jasper]

. They also seemed to be playing a whole bunch of new stuff, I only recognised two songs from the last album, nothing from the first one.

Yeah i thought was weird as well. Another reason why they should have played longer!