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Future States with Orations

[INDIE] Future States is a study in subtleties. Hailing from Montreal, the five piece pairs carefully placed and delicately played instrumentation with a curious penchant for improv. On last year’s full length, the amusingly titled Casual Listener, a distinct personality emerges—one that likes to trick you into thinking you know where you are and what’s probably going to happen next, and then delights in taking an unexpected turn. It’s contrarian, but Future States avoid becoming obnoxious about it. Instead, the music feels like a manageable adventure, especially since the playing is so gingerly executed and Chuck Bronson’s vocals (yep, that’s his name) are so unobtrusively sung; you’re not being hit over the head with anything, but rather are being led down an ill-lit path by a gentle, limp hand that’s eager to show you something on the other side. For their gig at Mohawk Place on Friday, July 14, Future States are starkly contrasted with our own Orations, whose gift for creating new music from classic goth-pop source material is clearly evident on Wych Elm, their debut full length out earlier this year. Also on the bill are DONKNG from Gainsville, Florida, and the vintage, noir-Italian-beat-pop of Baci e Ceci.

$5

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Mohawk Place

47 E Mohawk St.
Buffalo, NY
Phone: (716) 312-9279

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