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Minutes before the band\u00a0gets on stage, I watch the crowd come together. For some reason at Knitting Factory<\/a>, it’s always a mix of people you wouldn’t imagine listening to the artists playing that night, trickling\u00a0in from the bar or stumbling upon a cheap show with nothing else to do.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn’s own Honduras<\/a>\u00a0took the\u00a0stage, only a couple of months off the release of their first full-length,\u00a0Rituals<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

They’re a punk band who sound something like the Sex Pistols with a dash of Blur (I keep feeling surprised Honduras aren’t\u00a0from London), or perhaps\u00a0their contemporaries, Parquet Courts, with that similar lo-fi feel.<\/p>\n

The sound translates uniquely to the stage. There’s nothing too flashy about the performance, making you appreciate\u00a0how clean Tyson Moore’s guitar work is juxtaposed with Josh Wehle’s gritty drums\u00a0and Pat Philips’s muffled vocals.<\/p>\n

It’s easy to pick up on the band’s subtle nuances. Paul Lizarraga\u00a0likes to play his bass with the strap\u00a0down low. Moore makes the most of his curly mop of hair, playing his Flying V with a ton of energy. And lead singer and rhythm guitarist Philips is the lovechild of Bradford Cox and Alex Turner. Tumbling on stage, his guitar strap falling off, there was something\u00a0carnal about the way he clearly\u00a0didn’t give a fuck.<\/p>\n

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The boys will be playing Knitting Factory again on December 14th, and Mercury Lounge<\/a> on January 9th. Check out the music video for their first single “Paralyzed” here:<\/p>\n