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| It’s a sound that is full of contrasts. ‘Mary Anne’ is a pumping, almost metallic affair, softened a little by the gorgeous and towering blues rock vocal combination of compelling guitarist and front man John James Newman and backing singer Jamie Bruce.
Despite being squashed into a tiny corner of the packed pub, Newman and Bruce still find the space to go mental for the bigger tracks Air Max Lebron Vii, both thrashing around with eyes closed like things possessed. Just like Jones does on his numerous saxophone instrumentals, which, although Indie Suite fully admits to a general dislike of the sax for its unfortunate tendency to make everything sound like a cheesy 80s relic, really are pretty darn awesome. The mid-section of ‘Disappearing Boy’, as one Velveteer commented, wouldn’t sound out of place in a James Bond movie (007 production team, take note). Its quartet of sounds, Quest Quinton’s powerful electric guitar, Oliver Richmond-Jones’ frenzied percussion, Lidia Cascarino-Close’s supercool bass and Jones’ perfectly urgent keyboard, vamps up the sound to that Daniel Craig, pointed gun, gold-painted woman level which leaves the senses reeling after the gentle soulful intro. Meanwhile the gentle strumming and honeyed Norah Jones style keyboards of the beautiful ‘Soul Sister’ showcase the classy songwriting partnership between Newman and keyboardist / saxophonist Steve Jones (who, incidentally, currently plays with British jazz legend Elkie Brooks). Two extremes vie for attention as the sound the Hearts do best: is it the rock edged blast of tracks like ‘Mary Anne‘ and ‘Talk2Me’ or the gentle acoustic strains of ‘Into the World’? Arguably, it’s both. Read on The Velvet Hearts: Musical Fathers The Velvet Hearts: Blues Tavern Tales The Velvet Hearts: The Live Experience Into the World, and Improvisation Kings Not so at Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a little out-of-the-way typical English pub (beams, low ceilings air jordans 13, the works), where the local darlings of blazing blues rock The Velvet Hearts are belting out a dirty, punk fuelled blast of a track, ‘Mary Anne’ jordans 13, to a packed out room teeming with newcomers, old timers, and the band’s very own hugely loyal fans, the Velveteers. A short break and the band are back, slipping into a rye, Blur-like style which first rears its head in the Damon Albarn sounding chorus of ‘So Lonely’, a melodic and upbeat toe tapper. Newman even introduces ‘History Repeating’ as a track about g The Hearts’ debut album Into the World is an impressive effort, polished, rich and brimming with melodic power tracks and sublime vocals. But even this pales into the background when compared to the energy, humour and all round brilliance of the band’s live performance. Towering Blues Rock Damon Albarn and Cockney Interludes Potential James Bond Theme? It’s a Monday night in a little backwater town in semi-rural South East England; an unassuming, picturesque kind of place that probably turns all its lights out on the dot of 11pm. Or so it seems. For example, here at Uncle Tom’s the band are getting thirsty. It’s time to order some drinks, and Newman is off, soon joined by Jones, improvising his way through a gentle, Caribbean Sunday afternoon of a song, like Finlay Quaye bizarrely serenading a tropical bar wench for a pint of England’s finest ale. Indie Suite can’t even remember what they ordered, but who cares, it was totally off the cuff, totally improvised, and the band’s newest Velveteer loved it. |
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