(I'm having a hard time uploading pictures, sorry for the poor quality)Braintoy, the progressive rock four piece, released their debut LP in April of this year. They also released this bomb cover of Pink Floyd's epic prog jam, Sheep (which is free to download in high quality mp3/mp4 format from this page).
Let me just say that there's no bigger turn off with a band then watching them suck the big one in a live setting. I remember watching Mudvayne (in my defense, L.D. 50 had it's moments ok?) play live on the Conan O'Brien show. I turned it off 1 minute into their performance of 'Happy?' and have not touched a Mudvayne CD since. You want to know the musicians can actually play their instruments (or at least I do), otherwise, what's the point? Maybe its just a personal gripe I have, but its soured me on Mudvayne, probably unfairly, and probably for the rest of my life.
Such is not the case with this tasty vid, recorded live in the Braintoy jam space. The moment Devin Gasteiger comes in with the ethereal keys, you know that its ON! These guys definitely have chops and other live videos are testament to this. Covering Pink Floyd is no easy task, with all the staunch purists of prog to wow, but with Tristans voice, sometimes haunting, always beautiful at the forefront of this more intense remake, its easy to convert even the most devout Floyd fan. Christian Anderson manipulates the sounds coming out of his guitar to great effect, creating an eery atmosphere to the piece, and doubling up on the bass lines, all the while pounding David Gilmour's original riff (and solo) in your face with added zeal and flair. And let's not forget the fancy skin work (provided by Riley O'Connor) that helps this rocking rendition barrel along.
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