It’s always pleasing when a support band catches you unexpectedly. You presume the worse – that you’re gonna have to sit through half an hour of a young and hip ‘lo-fi alt-rock’ band – but instead something magical happens. You’re transfixed and you can’t even remember who you were there to see in the first place. Well, this is what happened to me this week with Moses Gold.
Hailing from Manchester, Moses Gold was formed by Phil Young after leaving his former band Christian AIDS to recover from a mental health breakdown. After nearly a year in hibernation, he returned as Moses Gold; a dark, brooding electronica project which sees Young lay his soul to bare. ‘Submissive’ was a song that instantly stood out during his set supporting Maria Minerva at the Green Door in Brighton on Tuesday. Lyrics such as “I’ve always been suspicious of people that cared about me…sometimes I think of disappearing” carry huge weight. Not only for their forlorn abandonment but also its hauntingly familiarity. Young’s voice can sound, at points, uncannily like Ian Curtis. This is only a good thing in my book.
Listen to ‘Submissive’ below:
