It’s true! Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears are playing at the Black Cat on Friday. I’ve seen them there once before, but before their first DC show, I saw them play at a place called Pianos in NYC’s Lower East Side. Check out my appropriately-titled “Pianos and Scaryville” post from March ‘07 , where I described them as “intensely original, with balls-out flair and flourish.”
Other descriptions of the band:
“…insanely creative songs that would sound like the result of a jam session featuring ELO, Queen, Yes, and a bunch of other bands no one’s listening to nowadays.”
- Jordan, over at Wired for Music“… a Brookyn-based wunderkind who’s quickly building a name for himself due to his intricate and orchestral brand of indie-pop. Do I hear a little ELO in there? Yes, I do. But a little ELO never hurt anyone, now did it?”
-Black Cat website“Queen/ELO/Bowie disciples”
-DCist
Understand, the reason for my delight in having heard of them back in ‘07 is that I never know about bands before they become big (or, well, bigger). So I’m feeling pretty cool right now. Prit-ty cool.
(The reason I had the early scoop in this case is a long and involved story that Jordan does a good job of narrating.)
More:
- The band’s MySpace page and official site
- DCist’s music picks for this week
- The history of the Black Cat