I would stay to live in a concert I have it. They inhabit their own world, oblivious to trends and styles, which allows them to turn each of their presentations into a unique sound experience that, moving through their extensive discography, is capable of both rocking us with their delicate preciousness, and shaking us with the most subtle distortions. elevated.
Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley y James McNew They have spent more than three decades (the first two started earlier) forming a solid live ensemble that, while on stage, enjoys the performance by always going one step further, looking for different sounds, textures and playing with volume. They share vocals, alternate their lead instruments with keyboards or percussion, and while their solid rhythmic foundation works like clockwork, it’s Kaplan who ventures into improvisation, filling each of the songs with nuances and details that change from show to show. Few things are as comforting as getting lost in its harmonies or how to travel the different paths that can arise from a well-known piece.
His new visit regarding the remarkable This Stupid World (Matador, 2023) is structured in two sets of approximately one hour, with a fifteen-minute break in between. The first of them, with a more relaxed tone, focused on this latest installment, opening with the title track and also stopping at the hypnotic «Tonight’s Episode», the beautiful «Aselestine» and an atmospheric «Miles Away» as closing. Only “Sinatra Drive Breakdown” left room for the noise that would await us in the second part, delving into the guitars and getting lost in them in a brilliant way. Along with these, the naif «Ashes» with the voice of Georgia, who shared keyboards with her husband who every so often got up hieratic and hit the cymbal to accompany the percussion; the velvetiana «I’ll Be Around», the nocturnal «Last Days of Disco» that rocked us with its slide and the jazzy and acoustic touches of «The Ballad of Red Buckets».
After the break came the second set opening in a big way, with that energetic «Cherry Chapstick» that gave way to a muscular hour in which the same thing rode on «For You Too», which went into soul mode in a «Mr. Tough» to show off James McNew. They broke our hearts with the gems «Autumn Sweater» and «Sugarcube», and they marked the rock version of a «Today Is the Day» that was another of the moments not to forget.
There was no lack of the magic of “Big Day Coming” or the elongated brooch of “Blue Line Swinger”, the first stop in Electr-O-Pure (1995) to which they returned with “Decora”, already in the encore. They said goodbye with two covers, “This Is Where I Belong” by The Kinks and how could it be otherwise, with «I Found A Reason» by The Velvet Underground. And that’s how I’ve always imagined I have itlike a reincarnation of Reed, Cale and company but without the arty touch, nor the pose. Wasting the simplicity and humility of ordinary people away from the spotlight, in that place that makes them unique.
Photos I Have It: Blanca Orcasitas
2023-05-03 12:23:07
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