Efterklang
Grizzly Bear Review: Monday June 28, 2010
It may be out of the sun's reach but Efterklang manage to bring a ray of light into the main arena. Strobes twinkle brightly behind these seven rough cut Scandinavian figures as they conjure blissful moments of beauty from start to finish.
Whether dipping into their highly undervalued catalogue, as they did with Step Aside or playing from recent album 'Magic Chairs', they sound great. The aforementioned song continuously building with every chord struck, pulling the reigns before becoming overindulgent, a trait more bands should take note of.
Raincoats sounds magnificent as ever. Coming on like a more danceable '15 Steps' by Radiohead to begin with before we find that it's the missing link between 'Funeral' and 'Neon Bible' (I swore I wouldn't make an Arcade Fire reference, but they are really that good).
Hands aloft from the crowd as the band leave the stage only for Casper Clausen to return for a final farewell photograph of the clapping and whooping audience.
