My Life Story, The Divine Comedy, Jens Lekman. If the mere mention of these acts make you shudder instinctively, I’d avoid Get Well Soon like the plague. But for those with a taste for extravagantly layered balladry, complete with deliciously over-the-top arrangements, arch lyrics and a general disregard for subtlety I think Konstantin Gropper may have something for you. Personally, I love the German band’s debut release “Rest Now Weary Head, You Will...” and their seven-song retinue does a damn commendable job of trying to recreate it live. Indeed, the only song that really suffers in transition is the Beirut-meets-The Killers-meets- The Go! Team craziness of “If This Hat Is Missing I Have Gone Hunting,” whose creepy child-like chants don’t quite work in a live setting. Konstantin’s an engaging, witty frontman, offering some “quality German beer” from his own stash to an audience member he espies drinking Stella, and although the band are proficient rather than astonishing they add enough character to stop this being merely a straightforward run-through the album. Nice cover of Born Slippy too, giving the old rave classic a slight orchestral sheen. Overall, a really impressive debut London performance for this band- they should be a force to be reckoned with in years to come.(Photo: Garkusm (Flickr))
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