Last Thursday, on All
Saints' Day, the Ukrainian procession composed by Somali Yatch Club
and Stoned Jesus rolled into Lisbon to preach the gospel of rock to
all the faithfuls gathered at RCA Club for an orthodox eastern sonic
mass. Not a big religious guy myself, but I came out of there a true
believer that if I had to follow a god... might as well be a stoned
one!
I was immediately
surprised by the large crowd at the door and let me tell you...
didn´t seem that much off from the one at Igreja Mana, a few
buildings down, for their own service.
But just like as a child, I arrived late for church and just missed the first act Somali Yatch Club opening the ceremony promoting their new album titled The Sea... bummed out, but I will always treasure the gig at Alfa Bar back in 2015 and wait for the next opportunity.
But just like as a child, I arrived late for church and just missed the first act Somali Yatch Club opening the ceremony promoting their new album titled The Sea... bummed out, but I will always treasure the gig at Alfa Bar back in 2015 and wait for the next opportunity.
With the place packed and
me still trying to find a spot I could fit, playing tetris with the
crowd, headliners Stoned Jesus took the floor to present their new
album Pilgrims. The three high priests delivered a powerful
sermon of hard rock tainted with prog and heavy psych to the fervent
stoned cult waiting. With a strong presence on stage and showing a
lot of road experience, celebrating apparently their 400th
show that night, the band goes through a set comprised mostly of new
songs that felt already as classics, even for me that hadn´t the
opportunity to spend much time with the record and was kinda
listening it for the first time. But they´ve seem to have perfected,
over the years, the craft of slowly building their jams with peaceful
soundscapes until it descends into apocalyptic sections or nefarious
riffs followed by the rapture of super phased out solos like in
“Thellasia”, “Feel”, “Water Me” singed with the help of a
S.Y.C. member or my personal favorite “Hands Resist Him”. The
highlight of the night was as expected, their classic “I´m the
Mountain”... what was unexpected was the small intro that preceded
it with Moonspell´s “Alma Mater” that left the crowd ecstatic.
After an intense encore that put an end to this weedian church
service, everybody was cheering up as enlightenment was reached.
Such a fun show and night, no wonder more and more people
are finding salvation with these fellas evangelizing both the old and
new world in the name of Stoned Jesus. Praise the Lord 🙏
All photos by Rodriguez!
Production by Garboyl Lives
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