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| The Factums are (in alphabetical order) Matthew Ford, Jesse Paul Miller, and Dan Strack. They played their third live show to- night at the Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater, one of the coolest venues in Seattle. It's a 1920s movie house--which made it especially well-suited to Brent Watanabe's accompanying mixed-live layered projections, which have a hallucinatory, timeless feel. The Factums' music has been called both art punk and swamp rock, but tonight it felt more like a blast from the psych- edelic past, a deja vu flashback of swirling guitars and pedal effects. Definitely a departure from their first two shows, it's nice to hear a band developing and taking chances. The music came in waves, with a huge breaker crashing open the set, then a lull as the waters receded and gained strength for the big finish. The combination of music, visuals, and booze had everyone pretty well blissed. And a melting amp in the middle of the set provided an appropriate apocalyptic stench. The show was part of Wall of Sound's ongoing con- cert series, a real nucleus of Seattle's musical family. After a slightly disheartening day at work, it was nice to kick it all night with friends. |