They hit the road last month in anticipation of their second full-length album, Cry Is For The Flies, which came out yesterday, but don't be fooled the familiar vibe of their garage rock roots and post-punk sound because the ladies of Le Butcherettes put on an incomparable live show.
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| Le Butcherettes @ The Great American Music Hall 8/12/2014 Photo by: Marc Fong |
On the first leg of their US tour, Le Butcherettes opened a handful of shows for the pseudo ensemble band, Antemasque and tickets to their show at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco sold-out quick!
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| Le Butcherettes @ The Great American Music Hall 8/12/2014 Photo by: Marc Fong |
Staggering on to the stage in matching bloody aprons, the melodramatic singer/guitarist/keyboardist Teri Gender Bender feverishly swept the carpeted stage floor as Lia Braswell made her way to her drum kit, before violently launching into their set.
Their antics yielded an audience engagement riddled somewhat with shock and definitely with awe while a sense of suspense filled the air. As the enthralled audience intently watched and lightly thrashed, the girls from Guadalajara rocked pretty much non-stop.
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| Le Butcherettes @ The Great American Music Hall 8/12/2014 Photo by: Marc Fong |
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| Le Butcherettes @ The Great American Music Hall 8/12/2014 Photo by: Marc Fong |
While Lia made wide-eyed, cartoonish facial expressions Teri's over the top theatrics included intense eye contact with fans in the front, deep throating the mic while growling into it and a running start stage dive, followed by face first crowd surfing. The kinetic energy of their performance aggressively grabs your attention with a fun intention and it is a lot of fun watching them! The acoustics at the Great American Music Hall gave their raw rock N' roll sound a grungy edge to all the songs from their LPs and EPs that filled the set.
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| Antemasque @ The Great American Music Hall 8/12/2014 Photo by: Marc Fong |
With out so much as a hello or a thank, there was a brief exchange of banter in Spanish before Le Butcherettes left the crowd riled up for Antemasque.
It's safe to say that a lot of people at the show that night were Mars Volta/At The Drive In fans being that Antemasque is made of members from those bands, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala. After witnessing the riot that is Le Butcherettes live, it's safe to say a lot of people walked away fans of the opening band as well!
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| Antemasque @ The Great American Music Hall 8/12/2014 Photo by: Marc Fong |
Le Butcherttes continue to tour in support of their brand new album and return to San Francisco with The Melvins at The Great American Music Hall on October 21st!
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