Sometime around the middle of last year the instrumental post-rock bubble started to burst; too many run-of-the-mill indie bands thinking a weird time signature and a load of pedals would suddenly make them interesting. Rather than discourage them completely however, they should have simply all been lined up in front of Arficeden with the words "This is how it's done, watch and learn." Themselves somewhat indebted to Manchester's finest of such Day For Airstrikes, Arficeden start off a bit mathy (is that a word? It is now) - syncopated rhythms and drumming around the beat; guitar picking out strange disarrayed arpeggios and then move seamlessly through a selection of musical textures. There's a bubbling bass-heavy jazz break, a slower widescreen prog wander, stabs of angry distortion, but all the while each piece is a cohesive beast with little recurring themes throughout. Unsurprisingly there's not time for many of them. "How long have we got left?" "Six minutes.". That's going to be a challenge; the final track covers less ground than the preceding two but is equally immaculately structured. The sort of band that could probably play an hour if you let them, but it wouldn't get boring.
Review on the 24 March 2009 / The Roadhouse / Manchester
By Cath Aubergine www.manchestermusic.co.uk
Hey guyses, cheers for playing the other night, always a pleasure to watch you live. Was lovely to see you all again aswell! Your set sounded brilliant, very tight and that little bit epic wasn't he.
Thanks Stu, yours ain't too bad either pal. I might actually try and post this envelope and see if it gets delivered to me live onstage at the gig. That would be too much.
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