These Arms Are Snakes

In Depth

These Arms Are Snakes: proactively unprecedented

Ahead of their co-headline tour of the UK with Pelican, DiS meets Seattle rockers These Arms Are Snakes for an update on fortunes following the release of their second LP, Easter...»

Pelican: "We’re neither trend setters nor trend followers"

In Depth by Mike Diver

Pelican aren’t ones for existing in stasis, however tight the typical boundaries of the genre they operate within, namely post-rock. The Chicago quartet are moving forwards, onwards and upwards; they’re leaving behind the slow-build design of material past for something a little more instant, something a little more in the face of the casual gig attendee. They’ve always arrived in town to pop your eardrums; now, though, they’re gonna make you bleed in seconds rather than hours...»