This review comes a bit late, but still I thought people should know what a great live show these guys put on.
Twelve Foot Ninja play what only can be described as "heavy fusion", it's the best way the band can describe themselves.. But for reference, think what it would be like if Faith No More, Meshuggah and João Gilberto collided in outer space and something similar but its own creature emerged.
I ran into lead singer Kin before the show, this was the first time meeting him in person since we interviewed him via email for this blog.
It was nothing but good spirts (pun intended), $3 bourbon and cokes all round.. the best part about a night like it was everyone was just there to have fun. The opening bands at the Next venue tore the stage apart and got the crowd going. DJs spun some tunes from acts such as Butterfly Effect, Karnivool, Slipknot and Papa Roach over the speakers before all went dark...
No fancy theatrics here, the band took to the stage and it was their music that really spoke. With greatly felt stage presence, each band member look they were fully enjoying themselves up on stage and the crowd could feel it. They opened the show with the lead single from their debut full release [Silent Machine] "Mother Sky" and the crowd literally went mental. The setlist also included some older tracks from their EPs such as F.E.A.R. and Clarion aswell as more from the album including Kingdom, Silent Machine and Vanguard. No matter if it was a song that everyone knew or not the band really played it like the meant every note.
Finally they pretended to walk off stage, Kin told the crowd to just imagine that they had left and were coming back on for the encore. After a small wait they abruptly broke into arguably their most well known song; Coming for You to close the show. Besides a few minor slip-ups during the intros on Kin's part, the band put on a very solid performance.
I got the feeling it was as if this band could be playing 10,000 people and you'd still experience the same intimacy from this small club. These songs were big songs though, they felt like they needed to be heard by many more people.. I think it's only a matter of time before these guys really hit it big.
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