Power Animal are ready to bring their found sound orchestrations to Danger Danger Gallery tonight. This percussive collage of samples, harmonies and various instruments is the brainchild of Keith Hampson and filled out live by a crew of members including Matt Hampson, Kevin O’Neill, Dave Ott, Chris Clark, and Marie Nicolo. Banjo and homemade vibraphones often act as bandleaders while dialoging with the spoken word samples. Power Animal’s fine LP People Songs is a series of musical nuggets that combine folk-pop orchestrations similar to Danielson or Tunng and sample-happy sound explorers The Books. Their sound is all over the place with hip-hop drum beats fitting perfectly under Hampson’s sleepy croon on “Sometimes” to the schizophrenic blasting of instrumental epic “Summer Came From Nowhere”. People Songs is one of the strongest and most slept on albums of last year, and it still doesn’t capture the power of their live show. Don’t miss this chance to see their big sound in a super intimate setting. Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., 8pm, $5 – $10 Donation, All Ages – Adam G.
Sometimes by Power Animal