"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Critic Consensus
Based on 13 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Forest Swords is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Forest Swords concert reviews describe live shows and performances as cathartic and elegant.
ON TOUR
Kings Place, London, United Kingdom (October 26); Muziekcentrum TRIX, Antwerpen, Belgium (November 2); Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom (November 23)
Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from the Wirral, Liverpool, UK. A unique blend of jagged hip-hop and R&B beats, looping guitar lines and manipulated samples, his evocative and emotional music reflects the sprawling Wirral landscape of river, coastland and woodland with all the haunting melodies of nearby city Liverpool's enviable pop history.
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Critic Concert Reviews
The Music (Australia)
March 15, 2015
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His show at the OAF was a cold yet oddly comforting look into that monochromatic realm, and the audience seemed like they were under a spell.
The elegant illustration on the cover of 2010's Dagger Paths EP echoed the unusual tactility of his sound, where earthy guitar riffs and ritualistic rhythms evoked the physical touch of wood, metal and stone.
Forest Swords feels like the kind of artist who could drop through a wormhole in time and perform to an audience of druids and stone age villagers and they would get it. They'd be shocked, but they'd get it. There's a universality to his medieval-tinged, moody electronica that seems rooted in the sounds of fl
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