Monday, March 3, 2014

Honour Crest, Lions Lions, and The Iliad and the Odyssey

Three more bands, so full of energy that I swear they spent as much time in mid-air as they did grounded; I don't know how they play, let alone sing, while jumping like that, but they do.

ALISON TOON: The Iliad and the Odyssey &emdash; The Iliad and the Odyssey live 2014
The Iliad and the Odyssey
The Iliad and the Odyssey; young and local Sacramento band, opened the show.

ALISON TOON: The Iliad and the Odyssey &emdash; The Iliad and the Odyssey live 2014
The Iliad and the Odyssey
Second in the line up were Honour Crest, and my personal favourite of the evening. Not least because they spell honour properly. Yes, I'm English. Honour Crest recently released their debut album, Spilled Ink, and it's well worth a listen.

ALISON TOON: Honour Crest &emdash; Honour Crest live 2014
Honour Crest
A bit like an artist not being able to truly create abstracts until they have mastered classical painting, I don't think a vocalist can succeed completely with screamo unless they can really sing, too... and I like to hear evidence of that. But that's just my personal opinion. I'm sure you have yours.

ALISON TOON: Honour Crest &emdash; Honour Crest live 2014
Honour Crest
And then Lions Lions. Incredibly energetic. Find them on Facebook, too: Lions Lions 

ALISON TOON: Lions Lions &emdash; Lions Lions live 2014
Lions Lions
The Assembly wasn't full. It was a Sunday evening and people had to work the next day. But that left plenty of space for those who were there dance, pogo, and jump on command. And throw themselves from one side of the room to the other in exuberant celebration of the music.

ALISON TOON: Lions Lions &emdash; Lions Lions live 2014
Lions Lions
More photos from all three bands supporting We Butter The Bread With Butter can be found in separate galleries:

The Illiad and the Odyssey:  http://www.alisontoon.com/iliadodyssey
Honour Crest: http://alisontoon.com/honourcrest
Lions Lions:  http://alisontoon.com/lionslions

The WBTBWB tour continues: see all the dates here: We Butter The Bread With Butter 2014 North American Tour


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