July 25, 2019

The Messthetics at The Great Hall - Concert Photos

The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics at The Great Hall on July 18, 2019 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
The Messthetics are Brendan Canty on drums, Joe Lally on bass, and Anthony Pirog on the guitar. Canty and Lally were the rhythm section from legendary Washington post-hardcore band Fugazi. Together, The Messthetics are a gripping, engrossing, incredible instrumental post-punk band. They blew my mind with their set at Hillside 2018 and so when I saw the announcement of their show at The Great Hall, I knew I wanted to be there.

They did not disappoint with this set. The way the three of them fit together and dynamically shift as one glowing entity is incredible to behold. I love the aural ride that their music takes me on and I am humbled by the musicianship. I think the key here is the incredibly solid rhythm section that hold everything together as the guitar ebbs and flows through verse and chorus over top.

The Messthetics’ next release is called Anthropocosmic Nest and it comes out September 6.

The Messtehtics were joined by local bands Retired and Lozenge on this night. Click through those links to check out my coverage of their sets.

And finally, check out some of The Messthetics music from the setlist from this show.

"Mythomania"

"Quantum Path"

"Better Wings"