Artist: Asobi Seksu
Source: Aoibheann Maguire
The epic soundscapes created by New York’s Asobi Seksu quickly engulfs the cavernous space downstairs in Crawdaddy, but from the minute singer, keyboardist and sometime drummer Yuki Chikudate pitches her high octane voice to the crowd -it’s clear who’s calling the shots. Her haunting vocals doth this band make.
They are back in Dublin, this time, to showcase material from their new album Hush. They do a good job of it. Chikudate is certainly in playful form tonight trancing out on her keyboards as she works her way through most of the multi-layered pop melodies from Hush. While James Hanna, the bands founding member rocks out and moshes about in his own intrinsic guitar playing style. Think Peter Hook-like stage stances – though with a lot more swashing of the head and sounding, of course, nothing like Peter Hook at all. Hanna is more of an avid Kevin Shields fan - it shows, and it pays off wonderfully.
Blue fairy lights twinkle from the corners of the stage while the blissed out crowd nod along to the celestial, stunning melodies of Familiar Light, In The Sky and Sing Tomorrow’s Praise all from their latest album Hush. They proceed to take the crowd off guard by turning it up a notch for the latter part of the gig and for their infectiously catchy new single Me and Mary. Showing us that the captivating dream-pop they create for our bedrooms can quickly transform into a frenetic wall of sound, and a high energy night out. Rest assured none of their songs lush drowned out qualities, were harmed in the process.
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