The Instant – ‘Fight The Valentine’
I was complaining not too long ago about the lack of instrumental rock (or dare I say, ‘post rock’) bands coming out of Australia. Then out of nowhere, all these awesome instrumental bands have started appearing, many of which I’ll blog about in the near future, but at the moment a band that’s pushing all the right buttons for me is The Instant, a four piece out of Newcastle, NSW.
I don’t know much about these guys, and their bio doesn’t help either: “The Instant are the bastard offspring of experimental tunings, savage precise drums and a mining town filled with minimal and spacious industrial sounds that echo throughout their debut album Notes And Errata.” Said album is a beauty I must say, and it was The Brag’s Indie Album of the Week in last week’s mag. It brings to mind the angular guitars of early 90s acts such as Sonic Youth and bands of that ilk, but it’s instrumental and the lack of vocals is by no means a noticeable omission. In fact, it’s the singer-less nature of the music that makes it so endearing and so emotional.
I’ve heard that these guys are only around 17 years old – I don’t know if that’s true or not, maybe they’ll drop by and correct me, but if it is then they’re doing an awesome job for a band so young, and I can’t wait to see what else they’ve got coming up.
http://www.theinstant.com.au
http://www.myspace.com/theinstantmusic
November 26, 2006 4:30 pm
nah uh,,, we saw the instant at candys, remember?
and they looked like 27 yr old escaped criminals, not 17 yr old musos.
good shit though, you sure know how to pick em.
all hail music god dom. dommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
its like a mantra or some shit
word
-J
November 27, 2006 8:35 am
Well this post was made before we saw them. They didn’t really suit the bill and didn’t play as well as I thought they would. But it was still fun to watch all the scenesters run away! Haha.
Having said that, I still have faith that these guys would be great live in a better venue with the right vibe, so I will check them out again at another time.
November 29, 2006 5:25 pm
Hate to break it to you but the bassist is an old mate of mine and he’s nigh on 31 and the others aren’t much younger
December 21, 2006 1:22 pm
as far as other aussie post rock is concerned, a great, but now broken up band out of Melbourne, was Season.
And you can get all their songs for free off their website, aren’t they nice boys.
the wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season_(band)
April 29, 2008 4:14 pm
give ’em another chance Dom. i’ve never seen a bad show of theirs. they can set a venue on fire (not literally, i think). and yes, as per previous comments, they are about 120 years old collectively.
April 29, 2008 4:15 pm
although i’ve just seen how old these posts are, so perhaps you have already seen them several times since.
April 29, 2008 8:25 pm
2006? Oh yeah that was a while ago haha. I saw them after support Laura I think it was, and absolutely floor me! Such an amazing set and I became an unabashed fan after that night. It’s a shame they’ve been absent from the scene for so long now.