Granville—(November 22, 2017) Hot off their third studio album, Outrage! Is Now, the newly renamed Toronto noise rock duo Death From Above—now sans "1979"—kicked off the Canadian leg of their North American tour at the Commodore Ballroom coming home after travelling through the States.
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Drummer/vocalist Sebastien Grainger and bassist Jesse F. Keeler—coming off recent allegations of possible alt-right ties—offered a subdued yet enthusiastic energy throughout the quick and dirty two-hour set. They clearly relished being in a more familiar, welcoming second home setting.
It was by far the most consistent and fluid performances of theirs I've seen thus far as the pair traded some of their trademark raw sound for more polished, seamless notes.
With the ten-year gap between their first and second full-length albums after breaking up and ending their friendship, their third release was thankfully only a short three years after The Physical World. Their continued evolution and musical growth shows with their age.
Finally, the band has enough songs in their discography to mess with their playlist alternating between late trademark late aughts noise punk anthems and more recent garage rock dance tracks.
To chants of "DFA" all-night long, the young but still decidedly white male crowd full of (hopefully Movember related) moustaches, hoodies, and toques moshed and thrashed while losing themselves to the music until just before midnight.
The improvisational encore of "You're a Woman, I'm a Machine" and "Pull Out" satisfied die-hards and newer fans alike before they headed off the stage.
It seems Death From Above, more mellowed out and mature with age, has reached a pleasing, content state of just being and producing their music regularly in an irregular genre of music.
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