“Our reunion was actually a long time coming,” says Yarnell, a tall, razor-thin, disarmingly friendly fellow who, onstage with Pegasi, would often add gnarly flavor to his icy, Goth-infected vocals with a array of distorting electronic effects. “We’d kicked the idea around for about a year. Then finally, we got together over the holidays and said, “Let’s do something!” “We haven’t even played together yet. We got together to discuss a direction; the only thing we nailed down is that we want to keep it punk and by that I mean that certain post-punk sound we’ve always been into.”
Indeed, one of the most striking features of Pegasi’s music was that despite the fact that they flaunted their heavy hitting mixture of post-punk, hard rock, and new wave influences they never sounded rote or too derivative. The sounds of the musical antecedents were so seamlessly assimilated and rewoven as to leave you scratching your head, certain that you’d heard a song or melody before, yet maddeningly incapable of placing it. That, and the metalloid ferocity of their ensemble chemistry, marked Pegasi 51 as arguably the most galvanizing and powerful outfit the city had to offer on the heavier end of the musical spectrum. Lest you doubt, seek out any one (or all three) of the band’s CD releases—System, Space Riot, and LePetite Morte.
Yarnell says theband will likely pick up where they left off, sound-wise, though with perhaps some additional colors on the sonic palate through the addition of the occasional key-board stroke.
“Ultimately, though, we can’t say for sure what it will sound like until we sit down and start playing,” Yarnell says. “It’s been five years since we played together,and we’ve all been through different experiences, picked up on different music in the meantime. We’ll find out soon, though, because our plan is to get together, start writing, and then jump right into the recording studio as soon as we get four or five songs together. I like to get’em down while they’re still fresh.”
(Mike Gibson) Metro Pulse ‘eye on the scene’ Jan 10 2008
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