Bipolar Sunshine
Liverpool Sound City (Thursday 2nd May)
The Duke Street Garage
With representatives from Polydor watching on, it’s fair to say that tonight’s set from London’s BIPLOAR SUNSHINE comes draped in some considerable hype. Sporting a shirt that the members of Swim Deep would be embarrassed to wear, front man (and former Kid British member) Adio Merchant raises his shoulders, puffs his chest and introduces his band as if we were a sold-out Brixton Academy.
New track Blossom is led by an abrasive, almost dubby guitar track, providing a menacing soundscape for Adio’s gorgeous falsetto to float mournfully above it. The droned and abrasive textures of the instrumental lulls you into a trance, allowing the small gestures of the vocal line to prey on those melodic impulses still hiding somewhere inside you.
The sleek, alabaster aesthetic of Fire
is a far cry from the heavily distorted and
distant sounds of the songs that precede
it. Adio speaks softly over stabbed chords
from the lead guitar, as if he is narrating
a story about his own shortcomings during the final scene of a Wes Anderson
film. Sampled extracts from The
Notebook linger gracefully during its
interlude, delivering an emotional punch
that even the most cynical, emotionally
negligent boyfriends amongst us wouldn’t be able
to resist. Amongst an already impressive
recital of works from an artist without
an official release, this really is song of
the year stuff; quietly ambitious, deeply
personal, and wonderfully moving.
http://www.bidolito.co.uk/issues/lsc-2013-day-2
http://www.bidolito.co.uk/issues/lsc-2013-day-2
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