Blog: Consequence Of Sound

Matthew Dear is very much interested in aesthetics-of both the visual and the auditory nature. He and his band are damn well put-together. This is clear from the beginning. The whole group dons dapper-wear of the black and white variety (opener Body Language's drummer even changes into a new outfit before returning as Dear's Pat Mahoney for the evening). He wears black leather boots, wrinkled leather pants, a micro-collared, pure-white button-down, and an asymmetrical, artsy black sport coat. He slicks his black hair back before he picks up his black Gibson Les Paul, the jet-black glimmering with a perfect [...]