YHWH NAILGUN
09.10.25
Subzero, Prague
Guitarist watches ethical porn, with a VHS filter on to make it seem classier. He likes Tom Morrello. He sounds like all of Ed O’Brien’s bits for Radiohead, without anything else around it.
The drummer is Brendan Canty, with a maths degree. Tuned toms, and endless rolling rhythms that are positively sublime.
The keyboardist is you or I: some guy in a green sweater pressing buttons. We can image ourselves in YHWH NAILGUN through his lived experience.
The singer is Damo Suzuki on those early CAN records. I didn’t realise it would be so theatric. With early-2000s Thom Yorke dance moves and a challenging stare to the audience, who lap him up
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