HOLLYWOOD, CA- Methyl Ethel is a band from Perth, Australia and they opened for The Drums on November 3, 2017 at The Fonda. Having released their sophomore album (“Everything Is Forgotten”) at the start of the year, the band looked to earn a few converts with their neo-psychedelic indie pop.

To be perfectly frank, I was anticipating their performance to feel a bit a little lighter. Having listened to “Everything Is Forgotten” a handful of times, I was expecting their performance to be a little more dream pop and a little less shoegaze. Perhaps it was the very dark stage lighting or the fact that their lead singer was positioned on the far end of the stage which thew me off a bit, but I wasn’t really feeling the uptempo vibes even when they were performing their uptempo songs.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy their music … in fact I really enjoy their music … and the music that they played that evening, and perhaps they wanted to create an heavier type of ambience to match their heavy lyrics, but I definitely felt that they could have enhanced their performance that much more if they added a little visual or aesthetic kick. A pinch of life, maybe some dramatic lighting changes or even a moving around or rotation of where the players are positioned on stage, could have done the trick for me.

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Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Methyl Ethel at The Fonda Theater 11/3/17. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.

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