I was recently turned onto Plaque Vendor and after watching their video "Black Sap Scriptures", I was highly anticipating the show. Plaque Vendor are four longtime friends from childhood that originated from Whitier in 2009 and have emerged onto the scene, opening up for big names such as Iggy Pop, Jello Biafra and Social Distortion to name a few. Brandon (lead vocals) is somewhat of a mix between Lux Interior of The Cramps and Iggy Pop. He has an uncanny style that is charged by their eerie garage fused Rockabilly/Psychobilly music. His lyrics are of personal experiences and perhaps visions of future encounterments. Nonetheless, you will find yourself engaged into his stories and moved in many different directions by their musical flow of tenacious beats and twangs from the guitar. Brandon delivers high pitched howling screams from time to time, combined with his bam-a-lam and bursts of hypnotic shakes and stares. His energy is high-wired and I felt he was limited due to the small stage at Alex's Bar. Plaque Vendor played a solid hard driven 45-minute set which included songs from their new LP, Free To Eat. "Black Sap Scriptures", "Cursed Love, Hexed Lust" and "My Tongue Is So Treacherous" are a couple of my favorites, but I assure you the whole album rocks!
I purchased one to add to my library.
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