An antique Premier drum set, just the same as Ringo's very first one, and a vintage Fender amp' with a Telecaster waiting on a scene. AB club in Brussels is legendary for the sphere, they say... Indeed : something special fills the air. Maybe because of the woody walls and floor? They call it "The box"... Ambient music stops, hall's light fade down, silence flows...Two awesome thin young guys have already taken the place on stage, discretely... Dark smooth lights... Some notes from the guitar. Nothing amazing at first, 'looks like the musicians want to be sure everything works good. But you don't know how, twenty seconds more and notes become rythm, gently, like pretending not to be adressed to the audience, and suddenly explode !!! " ' Don't know if I'm dead or alive" he sings. Nor do I !
Both musicians have a real rich owned style! The long haired drummer plays "british", efficient, dry and clear. He dances on his seat, hitting the barrels and singing backing vocals with soul and energy; that could make a show in itself but it's looking so sincere, so "just what's needed" that everybody agrees! The guitarist plays american, alternating bright spectacular picking, straight punchy strikes, tender strings caresses, walking along with a very soft broken voice that touches hearts... Each song is different, construction of arrangements is just hard to believe, because there are just two and there's no cheat, no tricks, no special effects... But on each song at every moment, sometimes roughly, sometimes so sweet, buildups and surprises arrive blue in your ears. They just look like two musicians having a generous joy in playing very good music for others, with sense and quasi shy sympathy. They stayed 35 minutes, because it was contracted like that. And people still regret it wasn't more.
Tove Lo
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