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Holygram, Hard Club, Porto, 25.11.2019

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words: Neno Costa (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Telma Mota

Holygram returned to Portugal for a performance at the Hard Club, in Porto, brought by At The Rollercoaster - a warm-up concert for Post Punk Strikes Back Again that will take place on December 7th.

Havin g released two albums and two EP's Holygram proved consistent with their hypnotic beat, Gothic homily voice, krautrock scent and an 80's spice with some catchy freshness, perhaps requiring more creative boldness.

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texto: Neno Costa; fotos: Telma Mota

Os Holygram regressaram a Portugal para uma atuação no Hard Club, no Porto, trazidos pela mão da At The Rollercoaster, naquele que é o concerto de aquecimento para o Post Punk Strikes Back Again, no dia 7 de dezembro.

Com dois álbuns e dois EP’s editados, os Holygram revelaram-se consistentes com a sua batida hipnótica, voz homília gótica, cheiro de krautrock e um tempero de anos 80 com alguma frescura cativante, talvez a pedir mais arrojo criativo.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hard Club, Porto, 10.11.2019

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words: Neno Costa (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Telma Mota

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Amplificasom's 13th anniversary echoed in the reverential silence of the audience that filled Hard Club to Hear Canadians Godspeed You! Black Emperor and their latest album Luciferian Towers. Opening act Light Conductors deserve a closer listening.

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Violin and double bass developing, anxiety suspended. With the eight elements of GY! BE onstage the journey began its path in an immersive swell through sonic landscapes beaten by a disquieting wind, at times, melancholy, between towers of lucidity. The chest of the ears filling with the  demultiplying instrumental cradle, interweaving riffs and fingerpicking on hypnotic backgrounds, breaking windows overlooking disturbed territories, between whispers of helplessness and redemptive phrases, until disemboguing into an ode to hope.

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The journey lasted a little over an hour and a half and, in it, fit shreds of eternity, reassuring warm clothing in the winters of discontent of those who watched this superb GY! BE return.

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texto: Neno Costa; fotos: Telma Mota

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O 13º aniversário do Amplificasom ecoou no silêncio reverencial do público que encheu o Hard Club para ouvir os canadianos Godspeed You! Black Emperor e o seu mais recente álbum “Luciferian Towers”. Como entrada, os Light Conductor, a merecer audições mais atentas.

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Violino e contrabaixo em evolução, ansiedade suspensa. Com os oito elementos dos GY!BE em palco a viagem iniciou o seu percurso num crescendo envolvente através de paisagens sónicas batidas por um vento inquietante, por vezes melancólico, entre torres de lucidez. O peito dos ouvidos encheu-se com o embalo instrumental a desmultiplicar-se, entrançando riffs e dedilhados sobre fundos hipnóticos, partindo janelas com vistas para territórios perturbados, entre sussurros de desamparo e frases redenção, até desembocar numa ode à esperança.

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A viagem durou pouco mais de hora e meia e nela couberam farrapos de eternidade, agasalhos reconfortantes nos invernos de desencantamento de quem assistiu a mais este regresso soberbo dos GY!BE.

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