A Holiday Blast: Winter Wonderland of Noise at the Parish Room

Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, but at the Parish Room’s Winter Wonderland of Noise, we get to be the chestnuts, on a fire made out of sound. Avant-garde noise artists Leila Bela and Douglas Ferguson will break open the boundaries of frequency and reveal that the holiday spirit can be haunting, terrifying, and cheerful by turns. Turkish Delights, served at the show alongside Christmas candy, assure a multisensory experience that promises to expand what your eardrums can take. Bela, whose vocal capabilities range from Tibetan and Japanese throat growling to classical soprano opera, invokes Beethoven and Chopin as part of Thursday’s Noise performance. Furguson takes the stage with The Tetrahedrons, including Primordial Undermind’s Joe Volpi, Platinum Farmers’ Jonathan Horne, and St37’s Lisa Cameron. He advises concertgoers to “leave our goldfish at home,” for this adventure in cracked sound barriers – you never know what magic will burst through the split.