Toronto-based indie-rock collective Do Make Say Think is enchanting the audience at its November show at the Echoplex. Cheers erupt between songs. But the crowd is otherwise quiet. Fans sway gently, eyes closed, listening. But no one sings along.
There aren't any lyrics to sing. Trumpets blare, drums pound, a violin wails. It's a rock show all right. And yet, the mood of hushed attention recalls a Quaker church service, people gathered silently, seeking communion, but encouraged to find their own meaning.
The scene might seem unusual if Do Make Say Think wasn't one of dozens of increasingly popular bands making equally arresting instrumental rock. This year's Coachella music festival in the US saw well-received main stage performances by Austin, Texas-based indie-rock emotionalists Explosions in the Sky and Brooklyn, N.Y.-based electro-rock duo Ratatat, with a set of its ecstatic dance-rock anthems. New York's avant-rock quartet Battles is earning buzz for its playfully cerebral electro-rock romps, while Los Angeles-based quintet Red Sparowes has performed its powerful ambient rock epics around the world.
There aren't any lyrics to sing. Trumpets blare, drums pound, a violin wails. It's a rock show all right. And yet, the mood of hushed attention recalls a Quaker church service, people gathered silently, seeking communion, but encouraged to find their own meaning.
The scene might seem unusual if Do Make Say Think wasn't one of dozens of increasingly popular bands making equally arresting instrumental rock. This year's Coachella music festival in the US saw well-received main stage performances by Austin, Texas-based indie-rock emotionalists Explosions in the Sky and Brooklyn, N.Y.-based electro-rock duo Ratatat, with a set of its ecstatic dance-rock anthems. New York's avant-rock quartet Battles is earning buzz for its playfully cerebral electro-rock romps, while Los Angeles-based quintet Red Sparowes has performed its powerful ambient rock epics around the world.
So, have instruments replaced the frontman? What would Beethoven be thinking?
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