It takes a certain type of pitch-black chutzpah to tackle a song from Christian Death’s epochal 1982 debut
Only Theatre of Pain. And yet, Texas hyperviolence quartet Portrayal of Guilt wowed with their muscular take on “Spiritual Cramp,” released as a 7-inch last year. They brought the requisite drama. The rest of their output – a self-titled 7-inch and a split single with Street Sects – is discordant and fucked bleak noisecore with an avant bent, reminiscent of the mighty Today Is the Day. Live, they appear to be a kinetic ball of overcast hatred overlaid with suffocating electronics. Friday night party, anyone?
with Gouge Away, Horsewhip, Gillian Carter, Forms | 8 p.m. Friday, March 2 | Uncle Lou’s, 1016 N. Mills Ave. | 407-898-0009 | $7
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This article appears in Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2018.
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