Frightened Rabbit
with David Karsten Daniels, Pants Yell!
Great Scott (1222 Comm Ave, Allston)
9pm, sold out
Brothers Scott and Grant Hutchison make up half of Frightened Rabbit, a dirty, anthemic rock Scottish band that will bring its controlled yet confrontational sounds to Great Scott. Many tunes will surely be from latest album Midnight Organ Fight, dubbed by one Pitchfork writer the best album of 2008 so far back in September (in the end, it came in at number 33). At times, the group sounds as though U2 and Arab Strap mated (like bunnies!), but in a good way, with some swoons toward the Cure, Wilco, and even Bright Eyes, plus occasional electronic flourishes. The band has mastered a precise balancing between loud and soft, harsh and refined. We hear the live show is more intense than the recorded songs. If you haven't already got your ticket, join the desperate legions on Craigslist, or stand outside in the not-quite-as-freezing-as-they-have-been temperatures to get a muffled earful.
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