Sat, 02 Nov
|Golden Lion
Dark Matter presents... Easter / The Incident / Zoltar
Time & Location
02 Nov 2024, 20:00 – 22:30
Golden Lion, Fielden Square, Todmorden OL14 6LZ, UK
About the Event
Tickets £10 + bf advance / more on the door
Upstairs live room
Manchester indie-rockers Easter have built a reputation as one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Spurred along by singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom Long with a rotating cast of Manc-underground shredders, they’re a formidable live act who’ve toured the UK repeatedly and provided support for post-rock behemoths Mono, avant-rockers Ranga and Mugstar but also poppier acts such as Canadian shoe-gazers Tallies. However, for all of Manchester’s illustrious musical history, it’s hard to bring to mind a local act that they compare or aspire to. Instead Easter’s binoculars are fixed on the fuzzy indie-rock of Dinosaur Jr , Guided By Voices and Teenage Fanclub with added twin-guitar weaving recalling Television, Chris Forsyth and even Wishbone Ash. Only in Tom’s vocals are there hints of their surroundings with occasional echoes of Morrissey and, a few junctions away across the M62, Dave Gedge.