"American" Visual Tour

[Laflesia]

Spectrum-X is doing a U.S. tour with Symphonic Eulogy and Vox Nihili, two American visual bands. It looks like the tour is going through both coasts, and representing only non-Japanese visual acts, so it seems to be a fairly big deal.

Announced Dates are as follows:
May 23rd, Knitting Factory, Hollywood
Knitting Factory, NYC (Unconfirmed Date)

More dates and venues to come...

Spectrum-X: http://www.myspace.com/spectrumx
Symphonic Eulogy: http://www.myspace.com/symphoniceulogy

 

[Priss]

I could easily live my life without either of those bands. Unoriginal and dull were my my first two reactions. I wouldn't go to this show even if I was paid to do so...

There so much many overlooked and deserving bands out there that should be coming to the states, not Spectrum-X. I guess when you're friends with Blood and GPK on MySpace, you gain instant fans. Who knows?

Needless to say, I will not be going. Now back to real music.

 

[Laflesia]

As far as the fact that these are some of the first American bands to really attempt "visual", I'd reserve judgement before I decided whether or not their music was "real". They've been working really hard if they are already touring around the country, I'd want to hear them live before I decide anything. I tend to support any attempt at an American visual scene, and I'd assume it can only help Japanese bands who want to come over and tour.

 

[Decadent_Irises]

Lol, it turns out that Symphonic Eulogy is based like 30 min from me. I might go see them in NYC, just to see how Japanese inspired American visual bands play. They have to be fairly good, esp if they're popular enough to be signed by major labels...

 

[Lem]

I went to their myspaces and from what I heard Symphonic Eulogy is pretty bad. Not to mention boring. If their goal is to be Japanese visual then Symphonic Eulogy I think is closer visually.

The other band visually just looks like a typical gothic industrial group. They're not bad though, I like them a lot better then the other group. I can actually listen to them.

 

[Monophobia]

I'm listening to SpectrumX and they're not that bad. The guys screaming is very Hizumi of D'espairsRay/SUICIDE ALI vocalist at times. The beginning of Gnomes Bones is pretty cool, but the lyrics get a bit corny. It sounded kind of like "they want to steal your horny" and one point, I have no idea. Anyway, yeah ElectroZombie isn't bad, either.

I have yet to listen to the other band, though.

EDIT: Heard a bit from the other band and I didn't dig them much. :/ Their myspace also crashed my internet explorer. Anyway, can't say I'd go out of my way to see either of them, even if I lived much closer.

 

[Elec]

I have no opinion other than that "Symphonic Eulogy" is a terrible, terrible name that sounds like it was dreamed up in the diary of a 13-year-old psuedo-goth. "Vox Nihili" is only slightly more acceptable.

 

[Kame]

As far as the fact that these are some of the first American bands to really attempt "visual",

meaning....?

sorry to sound catty, I'm just curious.

 

[Laflesia]

As far as the fact that these are some of the first American bands to really attempt "visual",

meaning....?

sorry to sound catty, I'm just curious.

Just that the two American bands identify themselves as "visual" and not industrial, goth, etc.

And as for what that implies, hopefully a much better and theatrical live performance more akin to japanese visual acts than American goth ones.

 

[oasis19]

This is great! I would love to see Spectrum X perform~~

 

[Laflesia]

Tickets for the Hollywood show on sale now!
http://la.knit.teamarticulateclients.co ... _id=119261

No word on the NY show yet, I assume that's still TBA.

Also, it looks like Symphonic Eulogy got themselves a new look and some new songs. No idea what happened to that other band though.