Seattle Subsonic

Sky Cries Mary, Voyager One @ Neumos

February 13th, 2009

It’s an epic dream-battle of generations February 27th, when contemporary space-rock meets vintage trance-rock at Neumos. Seattle’s Sky Cries Mary enjoyed moderate success in the 90’s behind the husband/wife duo of Roderick and Anisa Romero and their psychedelic drone-pop machinations. Switching from more aggressive, industrial tendencies on their first two records (pre-Anisa) to catchier, Middle Eastern-flavored weirdness (“Every Iceberg Is A Fire”, “Elephant Song”), the band was able to reform in 2004 after winning the rights to their music back. They released their tenth record, Small Town, in 2007.

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The savvy Seattle stalwarts in Voyager One are Jeremy Koepping and Peter Marchese (live there are more). Every time I see this band, I’m fully entranced and completely satisfied by show’s end. Layered guitars, driving bass, intelligent synths and plenty of projection art dictate that they should be more popular than maybe they are. They should also be listened to with a bong nearby (note: bongs and venues don’t normally mix; stick to your couch, stoner).

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Right now, you can find a pretty killer cover of the Cure’s “M” on VO’s myspace.

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$13 Adv / 21+

also with Furniture Girls