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We Love You Tour: Get To See Tomorrow's

A decent package from a hip label.
16 oktober 2000, The Little Civic, Wolverhampton (UK)

Tekst: Craig Lloyd

Publicatiedatum: 16 oktober 2000

A small audience had gathered on a cold Wolverhampton evening to be entertained by 3 up and coming little-know bands, according to the NME!!!
The nights proceedings was acoustically started by the Norwegian duo, 'The Kings Of Convenience', whose recent EP, 'Live In A Room', is receiving much acclaim from the abovementioned NME and loads of airplay on Radio One. The two just stand on the stage holding their acoustic guitars like some nightmare that you've travelled back in time and ended up in an audience with 'Simon and Garfunkel', but once the music is started, the urge to kill is totally erased with their beautiful simplicity and perfect vocals. Everyone is just in awe and if it was not for the notes from the guitars and poetry song by two complementing vocals, you could hear a pin drop, until the music ceased and much deserved praise was given. Its hard to believe that the Kings only discovered that their singing together worked magic when they did a cover of Joy Division's 'Eternal'
After the final swagger of the Erland's groovy dancing to their last song 'I Want To Dance', it was time for the American, Shawn Lee. The first thing you noticed was that Shawn Lee would be accompanied by percussion whilst singing and playing his acoustic guitar. Shawn then started his unique blend of trailer trash blues, with a lo-fi funky feel. The songs performed might not have all the production they exist with on his new album 'Monkey Boy', but take on a new life stripped down to the bare minimum, were you truly appreciate the lyrics behind, 'A&R man of love', 'happiness', and not to mention, '8 million ways to die'. Shawn Lee could have probably made more money busking on the street than appearing at this gig, especially ending on a short tale about his home town back in the states, and singing the Glenn Campbell song, 'Wichita Lineman'.
With a band name which is apparently offensive in a country of one of our EU friends, I Am Kloot, looked far from offensive. And as soon they started to perform, you were mesmerised by their big pounding beats, funky bass lines, and yet again. acoustic guitar! It was hard to understand how three musicians could produce such an atmosphere with so little and when Johnny started to sing, you realised that they were meant to be together. I Am Kloot was able to capture my entire attention with songs such as 'Twist', 'To You', '86 TV's', and 'Storm Warning'. During this set my mind kept trying to think of comparisons for the band, like 'Moloko are Portishead on happy pills', but I just couldn't figure one out. And Johnny's voice reminded me of someone but I just couldn't think of who's, and nearest I think I got to it was John Lennon when he sang 'Cold Turkey'. I Am Kloot have a unique sound and entire tour works perfectly together, if you could try to catch this tour whilst you can.

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