Infighter in Montreal February 2, 2008
4465 St Laurent Boulevard
Montreal, Québec
Montreal, Québec
Infighter with Surface of Atlantic and The Violent Drag.
Infighter is a six-piece alternative rock/post-punk band from Toronto, Canada. Their brand of sweeping indie rock is frequently compared to the sound of bands such as Interpol, Editors, Kaiser Chiefs, and The Killers and draws on the influences of post-punk bands like Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cure, Pulp, and The Smiths. The band's sound is a mix of dense guitar and synthesizer atmospheres combined with bass throb and spiky guitars. Infighter is known for its energetic live performances and 'hook-laden classic indie pop motifs'.
Official Website: http://www.infighter.ca
Added by Infighter on December 13, 2007
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Infighter at Club Lambi 02/02/08
www.midnightpoutine.ca
It’s hard to say if Infighter, the Brit-inspired sextet from Toronto, is just a medium for Simeon Ross to act out his somewhat larger-than-life persona. True, the band has a full-bodied sound: obvious in their studio work, we feel the echoing guitars, the propulsive baselines and the up-tempo tunes. True, the male-female interplay between Simeon’s Manchester moan and Ami Spears’ timid harmonies is central to the group’s sound.
But, when you see them live – especially in an intimate venue like the Main’s Club Lambi – you realize that the meal ticket is the enthusiastic and spastic rock-&-F’n-roll of Infighter’s leader. Playing in front of an audience of friends, you’d think Simeon was doing Shea Stadium in ’82. With the whole crew squeezed onto not much more than a 10 X 5 stage, he didn’t have much to work with. He jumped up onto platforms, banged his guitar with voodoo-like intensity, he fell to the floor in seizures. One can only wonder what he would have done given the Springsteen runway.
Infighter banged through their best songs, especially the Killers-inspired single Regret, with impressive intensity. The driving guitar was complemented by the dark, wry lyrics of someone who likely wishes he was born poor, pale and depressed in the rust-belt of middle England.