Bright Eyes @ Leeds O2 Academy – 13th July 2011
The pulsating lights give fleeting images of the stage just as the
lyrics give you fragmented glimpses of front man, Coner Oberst, psyche. He has
been compared to Neil Young for his poetic style, they are both storytellers,
letting the lyrics paint the picture and using the instrumentation as
decoration. Anger often fuelled by hypocrisy, is counterbalanced with a child
like love for the beauty in life. Oberst celebrates the differences in people
not the similarities in songs that urge you to be yourself.
Miles Kane, Colour of the Trap – released May 2011 on Columbia Records
Miles Kane debut album Colour of the Trap filled the void that the
Arctic Monkeys fourth album should have occupied. Co-written by Alex Turner,
the Trap contains the same effervescent, raw and passionate songwriting that
got the Arctic Monkeys where they are today. A hedonistic attitude seeps out of
every track and draws the listener in with drums that pound like an excited
heartbeat. It’s finished off with introspective and sometimes suggestive lyrics
that elevate the album from a riotous compilation into an evocative,
excellently executed musical offering.
Published in Yorkshire Evening Post
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