Shapes (or WEARESHAPES as they are also known) are a mathrock Birmingham 3-piece who are mainly instrumental and progressive but shout in unison at random intervals to build a wall of sound. The set is short with no messing around, which shows that this is a band that must take their band practise seriously. They form a connection with the crowd explaining their Birmingham humour (when you say a joke and no one laughs but yourself, which consequently made people laugh) and banter between the songs is put on the front seat. Shapes experiment with the sounds their 3 modest instruments make and unsystematically put snippets of melodies together. Or at least that’s what it sounds like.This is another band (think Rolo Tomassi and Foals) who actually carefully put together angular melodies and dissonant chords with random rhythms and time signatures .The songs take you on a progressive journey with tempo changes left-right-and-centre. Their energy is thrashed out in an almost punk rage, with the guitarist jumping all over the place and eventually launching himself on the floor with the crowd. They’ve only been together for a year but in that time they have released an EP through Godmonkey recordings and toured with a number of bands. They’ve also been on the Big Scary Monsters compilation and tour, developing their reputation as a tight and energetic band.
We can expect their second EP in May and they’ll be back in the Steel City on 4th March at The Harley. Note: their MySpace tells promoters not to book them if they don’t like loudness...be warned!
Kristi Genovese
Photo source: Shapes official tour poster
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