Words by Ben Blackburn
It takes a great deal of resilience to travel several hundred miles to perform a gig on the same day you discover you’ve been callously robbed of your equipment, however PEACE did just that a couple of months ago when I saw them perform in Manchester. Several hours late, and understandably rushed, the band unloaded the equipment they presumably salvaged, and performed a thoroughly energetic and engaging set that sparked a cold Mancunian crowd into dancing. Not an easy task by any stretch of the imagination.
Hailing from Birmingham, PEACE have already featured in several high profile publications, including the NME’s ‘100 bands to watch in 2012’ and a similar list in The Fly. These inclusions are certainly not without merit either, as the band have spent 2011 consolidating their sound by self producing all of their demos and developing their live set up after support slots for Magic Kids, Tame Impala, and The Vaccines. This steady progression has meant PEACE have not suffered the same fate as many of the recent crop of acts that have burned too brightly and evaporated seemingly instantly.
BBLOOD presents itself as the band’s strongest demo, and an achingly wonderful example of the band’s strongest qualities. Transcended by a dark sense of foreboding, the track indulges in the glitch-y sounds of math rock along a vein of pop sensibility. This fine calculation of sounds galvanizes BBLOOD and can only invigorate any listener, leaving us all baying for more from PEACE in 2012.
Website design and development by
Post new comment