Wyrd Music

Thursday night, I went to the Velvet Underground to see two musicians who have been collaborating recently: Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley. Due to some visa issues with their regular band members, they shared the same backing band. Namely, 2 local Canadian musicians augmented with Le Bon playing bass for Pressley's set and him manning the drums for hers. It gave a rather close-knit bonhomie feel to the evening.

Their music also shared a similar feel alternating between songs with unusual, angular harmonies and propulsive tunes driven by punchy, crisp chords. Presley's lyrics were straightforward, with a trance feel in its repetition. Le Bon's were more imaginistic, fragmented and elliptical.