Sing ye from the hillsides! A new LP from The Ex is on the cards – the first since 2010’s Catch My Shoe, which has formed the basis of their (incredible) live sets these past few years. A gig at OT301, Amsterdam’s squat-turned-arts-centre, christened the new set – and we were there to witness it.
What was to all intents and purposes a private gig for friends and family became a frug-out of monstrous proportions, with jiving and sweaty acclamation. Good to note, too, a high preponderance of teens in the audience, showing that this band chucks preconceptions around age away like a used Maccy D wrapper on the M62.
The show was mind blowing, with hefty, snarling work-outs that came on like Can (imagine a punk take on ‘Pinch’! No shit!), a grumbling instrumental that dragged its sonic body around space like a Komodo dragon with bellyache, some softer tracks that burned middle eyes into the foreheads of many of those present, and their usual inquisitive punk fusion laced with burning rhythms.
A new track from the gig, ‘Soon All Cities’, was caught live by renowned gig photographer Kasper Vogelzang. Look out for more news on the LP release later in the year.
