Concert Review: Chappo Get Trippy At Music Hall of Williamsburg

With technicolor images of people getting high, Chappo’s message was clear; it is time to leave our bodies and rise our minds. Another thing that is clear, it is that lead singer Alex Chappo wants to be deranged. He embraces the stage like Iggy Pop at a Mardi Gras festival, and people were living for it as MHOW.

Chappo’s energy is eager to please, eager to enlighten, and eager to party. Though “eager” can be seen as an “off-putting” term, Chappo’s avidness for connection to a moment is his charm. He waltzes and waggles through the stage as if his cup is filled with the liquor of the moment. Considering, he thought it was Mardi Gras, it is a humorous note. Yet, it is lacking sense of time and urgency that makes gives his notes a purging quality and makes his voice cathartic. It is as if Chappo understands that once you let go of the “stresses of feeling”, you can, actually, learn how to carry and release emotions.

I truly believe that, at times, humanity gets too caught up on the fact that it feels. We either deny this truth or get depressed by it. Yet, sentiment is the very core of Chappo. From “White Noise” to “Cry On Me”, Alex sing these tracks like they are permission to embrace the madness of emotionality. Yet, such lyrics/ themes can be veiled by baselines and guitar riffs that nearly shook MHOW to its core. The earth could have quaked throughout that set, and we would not have felt it because their music was already moving us.

Opening for Halfnoise, Chappo provided distinct contrast of psychedelia for the other eclectic band. While both live in a music space of visualization and eccentricity, Chappo is more raucous while Halfnoise is more groove. Touring together, they create a ticket that shows the spectrum of mindfulness. For More Information On Chappo Click Here.