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Freakshow presents... Gindrinker (Acoustic)
*This was Gindrinker’s turn to perform an acoustic set for the monthly Freakshow night. Acoustic Gindrinker? Fuck yeah! *
Dempseys was rammed with familiar and unfamiliar faces to see D.C and Graf, both clad in suits, perform acoustic renditions of their normally heavy, discordant and abrasive songs. They were joined by several others (“Gareth Middleton’s syncopaters”) who brought along their drums, ukuleles, autoharp, violin, banjo and glockenspiel. Fuck yeah!
The new arrangements added a whole different texture to the Gindrinker sound, and intensified the familiar heaviness, discordance and abrasiveness with the menace that only live strings anddrums can bring. A bluegrass version of Covered in
Bugs left everyone stunned. There was no way that this wasn’t going to work though was there?
With just a mic and a guitar (and a drum machine) these two will make you shutthefuckup and stand in awe of the noise and raw energy that just two people can generate. Simply awesome-o. Grenville d’Moat
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