There must be something frustrating for people to see bands form - successful bands - seemingly out of no where. Some teenager gets a wild hair up their ass, buys a start-up stratocaster, asks some friends what they're up to, and makes something out of nothing.
I only say this because looking at the short biography of Hudson, NY duo Buke and Gase, it seems Aron Sanchez and Aron Dyer were destined to do this in the long form. Both were self-trained musicians even before the age of ten, utilizing the immense downtime of youth to learn extensively about the array of sounds and mechanics that are possible within the realm of two kid's imagination.
The contorting rhythms and scope on the band's 2010 debut LP Riposte (under a different spelling than Buke and Gase) feel free, despite only meddling between two players. It's a repeating point on the band's excellent new four-track EP Function Falls. There's plenty of DIY overtone here, but the fact that the sounds are only come from two people - especially on their cover of New Order's "Blue Monday" - is worth admiration
Tickets for their Thursday, October 11 show at Philadelphia's Kung Fu Necktie are still available.
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