I hadn’t listened to a Yes song or to the first famous notes of ‘Long Distance Runaround' for a very long time, but The Globes covered it in the middle of their set at Origami Vinyl on Saturday afternoon.
The quartet from Spokane, Washington has recently released an LP 'Future Self ' on Barsuk, and was opening the same night for a sold out show of the Archers of Loaf at the Troubadour.
With two guitars, one bass, and a drum set, they build a powerful, expanding sound, changing, adventurous, and moody like the Pacific Northwest weather. Their post-rock has some dark visions, with noisy experimentations and curious percussion, and vocals that could sometimes almost recall the melancholic depressive tone of a Thom York, like during the pulsating ‘Stay Awake’, a song from their new LP.
Most of the time, the music is more atmospheric than catchy, more slow burn than uplifting, but with their layered jazz-infused melodies, their songs could be a sort of compromise between some classic prog rock and a more experimental one à la Flaming Lips.666
Sean McCotter, Kyle Musselwhite, Marcus Ourada and Erik Walters have known each other since high school where they were playing in the school band. They managed to record an EP in early 2008 in the basement of their house, and then they released their ‘Sinter Songs’ EP in 2009 with producer John Goodmanson (Blonde Redhead, Death Cab for Cutie, Unwound).
So why covering Yes? Why not, it was fitting quite well in their set actually, with an explosive and distorted ending.