Bands like this remind me why I started going to gigs in the first place. The Swedish husband-and-wife duo have garnered a number of (well-deserved) comparisons to Bjork, but they combine their ethereal, stripped down organic sounds with a black-spiritual edge that’s entirely their own. In particular, Miriam’s astonishing blues howl is a marvel to behold, with the audience responding with one of the most respectful silences I’ve heard at a show. Some of their songs aren’t exactly easy listening, but they never seemed pretentious or needlessly left-field, and despite being 90% vocals and percussion (with occasional forays into kalimba and some sort of harp thing) they remained a fascinating, vibrant experience for beginning to end. The revelation of the year so far.(Photo: Emphotoz (Flickr))
No comments:
Post a Comment