‘In Ear Park’, as I detailed extensively in a previous post, is one of my favourite albums of 2008- the luscious arrangements, classic songwriting and evocative wall-of-sound production is pure manna for the ears. This succinct, stripped-down set (their first proper show in Europe) was an intriguing teaser into Dan Rossen’s talents, albeit one that couldn’t possibly live up to my expectations. Laid-back and chatty, the duo were quite honest about how this was more an attempt to work out their live arrangements rather than a fully-formed show and much of their performance was pretty rough around the edges, although their formidable talents always shone through. Without the layers of orchestration a few of the songs were always going to seem diminished, although they did some amazing loop-pedal stuff on a new song which bodes well for the future. A solid set, but I’d kill to see them with a full band.
(Photo: SUPERSWEET Magazine (Flickr))
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