Concert Review: Claire George’s Music Is Water

I was incredibly impressed with Claire George. My heart always goes out to new artists because it is a time, in your career, when you most rely on your self-confidence. Even if you are as insecure as a brick bridge with no mortar, you have to pull through and show the world your best is in you. Thus, watching Claire George both, simultaneously, excited and nervous, it was hard for me not to make an on the spot poster that said, “You are doing amazing, Sweetie!” 

Premiering her debut EP, George was all alone in the library lounge of Neuehouse. With the crowd so close to her they could have performed as well, you felt and saw everything she did. It was a space that had no “fourth wall.” You were with the artist, and Claire George made sure that that worked to her benefit. She was so apparently eager, giddy, and even a little anxious to display them the richness of her sound, of which she was her own band. Yet, she did not miss a beat in supporting herself through songs such as, “Orbits,” “Where Do You Go?,” and “Second Guesses.”                  

As she, literally, backed herself up, I kept on thinking, “This is how an artist learns to protect and prosper themselves.” While we are all dreaming of performing at Madison Square Garden, the road there involved library lounges where you are left to dance, emote, and crisply sing to young people drinking various wines. Yet, in an odd way, her show made appreciates the equal importance of roads to destinations. It is in a journeys details that you learn to write a better path for yourself; a theme her lyrics consistently drew. As she finished her set, her friends and family hugged her and told her the truth, “ She was great!” 

Ending on her song, “Overwatered,” Claire George drew her concert space with a pop sound that felt exactly like water. Sonically, her synths felt fizzed, her snares felt bubbled, her keys felt flavored, and, ultimately, her voice felt purified. Part of what intrigued me about her sound was that it felt like pop at its core; sweet sonics with tart lyrics. For More Information On Claire George Click Here.