Muscles of Joy’s art-folk
melange isn’t one for dipping into half-heartedly: for best results, immersion
is recommended. This puts them at a disadvantage tonight, with their theatrical
grooves only gradually accruing the attention they deserve; once hooked,
however, their appeal is gravitationally strong.
Likewise the headliner: the inimitable, the captivating, the
slightly dotty but ever-charismatic mErRiLl gArBuS, aka Tune-Yards (or however its capitalised…). Her last Glasgow show was
pretty much perfect; tonight marginally less so by comparison, but a nano-step
below flawless is fine by us. Fans of second album w h o k I l l are spoiled rotten, with all but one of its tracks
trotted out for Oran Mor’s delectation tonight: Gangsta is particularly
electrifying, in part thanks to the two-man sax section, who flesh out key
numbers throughout the set, but mostly down to their ringleader’s dextrously
wild vocals.
Further props are levied at Killa’s playful sorta-rap and the
righteous My Country, while Real Live Flesh is a timely reminder of debut Bird-Brains’ more dialled-down attractions.
There’s no new material to report – a shame, since a taste of the in-progress
third album would have introduced a welcome note of the unexpected, but
hollering along to Bizness fully suffices in the meantime.
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