Comprised of members of RX Bandits, Days Away,
Finch, Circa Survive, and Chiodos, The Sound of
Animals Fighting has made a lot of noise in the
underground over the last few years – particularly
with their sophomore album Lover the Lord Has
Left us which was released by Equal Vision Records.
The We Must Become the Change We Want to See (a
take on the famous Ghandi quote) DVD contains
the one and only show the band has performed together
and was released simultaneously with an expanded
edition of the band’s out of print debut
Tiger & the Duke.
It must have been quite the scheduling nightmare
to get all these band members in one place and
well rehearsed for a series of shows this intricate.
Filmed last summer at The House of Blues in Anaheim,
CA the concert features a full stage show compromised
of the band as well as a host of dancers and painters.
It’s quite the spectacle given the small-ish
shows that the members offer in their main bands.
This show starts out a bit slow with the darkness
and spoken word that seemingly goes on forever
but once it decides to move it explodes. Nearly
all of Tiger & the Duke is included here as
is a lot of Lover the Lord has Left us. All of
Tiger & the Duke is performed together with
the exception of “Act 4: You Don’t
Need a Witness,” which concludes the show
brilliantly.
This is an EXCELLENT live show. Even the material
I don’t like manages to at least keep my
attention here. The band is tremendously solid
given the circumstance and you’d think they
had been performing together for years if you
didn’t know better. If you want to like
this band and are looking for something to win
over your affections then this is it. We Must
Become the Change We Want to See is a must have
for concert DVD fans!
Reviewed by Mark Fisher |
