Sometimes a bands last effort can be a trans-formative affair. Other times it finds them run down and beaten into the ground. All I have to say is thank god for this swan song by The Fire Show. Sadly, for as much press in online publications that this band has received they were forgotten by time even before they went there separate ways. I hope to let more know of this great album.
A post-punk band in the loosest of definitions, Seth Kim-Cohen and Michael Lenzi make a beautifully controlled racket on Saint the Fire Show. With Brian Deck (Califone) behind the boards you know your going to get some excellent percussion sounds. Programed drums along with live kit playing, introspective lyrics, sampling, buzz saw guitar and a low end that provides a thundering bed for the rest to flow on is the area which these boys inhabit. This is certainly not your daddies post-punk. If your wondering as a point of reference musically it has shades of Wire, Public Image LTD and This Heat sprinkled throughout.
This release is always on rotation for me and for a lot of people i show this to it remains the same. I really can not say enough good things about this release. It is truly a portrait of a band at its creative peak and would beg to question “where would the band go from here” I am somewhat thankful I dont know the answer because cliche or not it really doesn’t get much better this high on the mountain.
Saint The Fire Show
