The Music
Live Atomic Cafe Monaco 09.10.02

LA RECENSIONE

I really don’t feel like writing this review. I’m doing it for the sake of record-keeping. I bring my digital camera, wanting to take a picture, everything flashes, and the zoom gets stuck. “Batteries low.“ But how is that possible, they are new? I put it back in my pocket with the zoom stuck. I remember I left it connected to the USB all night. Well, at least now I know the reason. The Music had played at the Atomic in February, and now they’re back already, riding the wave of the nice video, the one with the wind ("Take The Long Road And Walk It", nice title, no doubt), once again sold out. Live, they still look like the kids they are, zero charisma. The rhythm section is excellent, groovy, compact, but the voice is too loud and always the same, after three songs I got bored and headed to the bar for a gin tonic. At the bar, there’s more room, but you can’t see a thing. Another couple of songs. Sucking the last bit of life out of the batteries, the zoom goes back to its place. Good. Yawn. Finally an instrumental, very pleasant, psychedelic, a continuous crescendo. Then "The People" starts and unfortunately it's sung again. Always with the same monotonous tone. I’m taking up too much space: excellent band, incredibly mature for their age but zero stage presence. And a voice that’s only suitable for one song. They don’t grab me.