Recorded on July 24th last year at the Ramblin’
Man Festival in Maidstone, England, sees The Fierce and the Dead giving their amazement,
creativity, and eruptive/volcanic performance in their new live mini-album that
the quartet did entitled, Field
Recordings on the Bad Elephant Music label. They were on the same bill with
Hawkwind, IOEarth, Von Hertzen Brothers, Procol Harum and
Whitesnake to name a few as the quartet give audiences with the sounds between the genres of; Post-Rock,
Post-Punk, and Electronic Rock at their finest.
The artwork which is done by comic book artist Mark Buckingham (Fables, The Sandman, Miracleman) based
on the photo by Kevin Nixon, captures a very sci-fi artistry that Buckingham
brought with a sci-fi futuristic feel of The Fierce and the Dead’s performance.
For the four-piece, they have come a long way. From performing in clubs to be
in a gigantic stage outdoors, it’s a long and winding road for them and they
have made it.
The live recordings is very dynamic yet an eruptive release
they have done this year. Not to mention they will be performing the first here
in the States in May at RosFest at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. For me, with the
Fierce and the Dead, that’s like (using sports analogy) winning the Super Bowl
for them. And as I’ve mentioned earlier, they have come a long, long, long way.
Listening to the mini live-album, you can close your eyes
and imagine yourself being at the Ramblin Man’s Festival and being there by
showing your full support and knowing that Matt, Kev, Steve, and Stuart, deliver
a volcanic performance. It’s almost as if my arm-hairs went up at 100. The audience shows approval and applaud after
they finish their compositions. Not to mention I think that it might be Matt
Stevens’ sense of humor when he speaks, to show the band’s relaxation and
having a blast.
There are moments on here which at times have a melody duel
between the bass and guitars as the quartet take you on a journey with a
mysterious, deep, futuristic ride that will put you on the edge of your seat.
Again after listening to this twice now, this is for me…a Holy Shit performance I’ve listened to! While this was a short
performance, I wish they could have done more to give the audience another ride
to hurtle through the cosmos.
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