Ceremony: Refusing to stand on

“Being in Ceremony is exactly like growing up,” explains guitarist Anthony Anzaldo. “You don’t see it happening until you’re ten years older and you see old pictures of yourself.”

Later on tonight, Ceremony will play their first London show in three years and in the process become the first band to headline the rejuvenated MOTH Club in Hackney. All polished brass and glittered ceilings, it’s a venue that demands attention but then Ceremony, ten years into the game, are a source of constant evolution. Starting life on the outskirts of hardcore, the band have slowly but surely toyed with the realms of possibility. Earlier this year they released ‘The L- Shaped Man’ and took another step away from where they started and into an assured, creative freedom. Sure, the glimmer of the venue is eye catching but the Californian five-piece shift before you, comfortable in change.