Ringo Deathstarr w/ Pleasure Venom at Growlers - Memphis,TN

Sat Apr 29 2023 at 07:00 pm

1911 Poplar Ave Memphis TN 38104 | Memphis

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Ringo Deathstarr w\/ Pleasure Venom at Growlers - Memphis,TN
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Saturday April 29th, 2023
7PM DOORS
$15 ADV / $17 DOS
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Ringo Deathstarr
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Ringo Deathstarr formed in 2007 in their native Austin,Texas channeling influences such as The Cure, The Smiths, Fugazi and The VelvetUnderground. They initially released a batch of singles on both sides of theAtlantic and in Japan – a self-titled EP in 2007 and in 2009, a brace of 7”s inthe States, You Don’t Listen & In Love.

Their critically acclaimed debut album, Colour Trip, was released in February 2011 and a compilation oftheir early singles, Sparkler, which had initially been available in Japanonly, was released in the autumn of 2011. Second album Mauve was released September 2012, followed by a mini-album God's Dream, Pure Mood followed in November 2016.

Their latest album, self titled - Ringo Deathstarr –was released in March 2020 - right when Covid was beginning to grip theworld. Sometimes, a break is as good asa rest, and in the case of these Texan shoegazers, it’s more than paiddividends. Nearly five years on from their last LP, Pure Mood, and withno imminent sign of any new music for most of that period, it wasn’t amiss forthe odd rumor to surface that they’d called it a day.

Thankfully, those rumors couldn’t have been further from thetruth. Instead, founding member, guitarist, and vocalist Elliott Frazier becamea first-time father during the interim years. With that drastic lifestylechange came a new way of working. Whereas previous Ringo Deathstarr albums hadbeen written and recorded over a matter of months, this one took a couple ofyears to complete. Most of the recording process took place in Frazier’s homeas opposed to structured, month-long blocks in the studio.

The sonic malevolence of yore can still be found,particularly on the existential “God Help the Ones You Love” orsemi-autobiographical “Gazin.” The vocal interplay between Gehring and Frazierthat’s characterized all Ringo Deathstarr’s output from their humble beginningsnearly a decade and a half ago can also be heard at regular intervals in thisLP.

There’s a combined sense of bliss and catharsis throughoutthe album’s thirteen pieces, whether it be through delay-fueled ambience with apop sensibility (“In Your Arms”), four-to-the-floor garage rock (“Once Upon aFreak”), or Gehring’s deeply personal vignette “Disease.”
Elsewhere, “Heaven Obscured” might just be the mostexperimental three minutes in Ringo Deathstarr’s entire canon, with epic closer“Cotton Candy Clouds” ending the album on a dreamy high.

Ringo Deathstarr represents the band’s finest hour,and with it, another of 2020’s seemingly never-ending musical gems.
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