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| The Cult Of Dom Keller |
The Cult of Dom Keller are a band who are increasingly on the tip of the tongues of many regular local gig-goers. Coupled with a live reputation that precedes them, I had high expectations and was very excited about getting to see them play at long last.
In such a great intimate venue as The Golden Fleece and never having heard their music before, I knew this gig was going to be a deal breaker. It was either going to be a bitter disappointment or one of those rare special gigs, where you leave feeling a little bit smugger then when you arrived after having discovered something quite special. Luckily for me it was the latter.
The band played in front of a kaleidoscopic backdrop that came straight out of 1960's San Francisco. The music they produced was also indebted to this era and could only be described as ethereal, surreal and trippy. A clichéd description perhaps for a psychedelic band, but The Cult Of Dom Keller pull off this sound so well, where lesser bands would fall wide of the mark.
With the trippier elements of a 13th Floor Elevators album; the scuzzy feedback and distorted vocals of the Jesus and Mary Chains’ heavier tunes; plus the dirty proto-punk pounding of The Stooges, you can’t help but be lulled into a dark, brooding psychotropic lullaby by these guys when you watch them play.
I could continue forever with the comparisons and descriptions, but this band truly have their own and unique sound. With a liberal dose of 1960s hedonism, they are the fuzzy, hazy, acid induced soundscape your ears have been begging for.
Nottingham gig goers don’t miss out by not catching this band before we lose them to bigger, brighter lights.
The Cult of Dom Keller played at The Golden Fleece on Thursday 11 February 2010.
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