{"id":14833,"date":"2017-02-19T16:12:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T00:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/?p=14833"},"modified":"2017-02-19T16:12:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T00:12:22","slug":"mesmerizing-matinee-he-whose-ox-is-gored-dust-moth-qunq-perform-at-the-echo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/2017\/02\/19\/mesmerizing-matinee-he-whose-ox-is-gored-dust-moth-qunq-perform-at-the-echo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesmerizing Matinee: He Whose Ox is Gored, Dust Moth & QunQ perform at The Echo"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Andrew Bansal<\/strong>
\n(Photos by Matt Nielson)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lisa Mungo – He Whose Ox is Gored<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 18th 2017, The Echo, Los Angeles CA:\u00a0<\/strong>Seattle, Washington is a bottomless reservoir of musical talent, and while Los Angeles gets visited by several Seattle-based touring bands on a regular basis, it is not often that we get two such bands coming through town on tour together. Yesterday, He Whose Ox is Gored and Dust Moth may not have had top billing at The Echo, being slotted as the early show on a Saturday evening, but for LA’s underground music lovers, they were top priority. Bringing their West Coast mini-tour to us, the two bands, along with local opener QunQ, proceeded onto mesmerize the audience in their own distinct ways, and to prove why they cannot be taken for granted, and why each and every LA appearance of theirs is absolutely unmissable.<\/p>\n

Doors opened at 5:30, and at 6:10, Los Angeles-based three-piece band\u00a0QunQ<\/a><\/strong> opened the show with their brand of experimental rock, creating maximum output from their relatively minimal setup. The set comprised heavy jams laden with math rock, noise and punk elements, \u00a0instrumental passages dominating the music but also punctuated by\u00a0clean singing, delivered with much delicate precision by guitarist\/vocalist Ben Heywood. The ambiance at The Echo is clearly tailor-made for a band like QunQ, and they thrived fully on a fog-engulfed stage. The quality of the song arrangements is the single biggest factor in the success or failure of a band\u00a0meshing varying styles\u00a0together, and in case of QunQ, a band only 5 years old thus far, this quality speaks for itself. This is a band that sits just as well on lineups with\u00a0stoner\/doom\/atmospheric rock groups as with bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge and the like. This QunQ set made for an apt start to the\u00a0high-calibre\u00a0musical exhibition that was to follow.<\/p>\n

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