Concert Review: Empire of The Sun Builds Upon Webster Hall
Empire of The Sun give one of THE BEST shows you will ever see. Theatricality goes a long way with an audience, especially because it builds the artist’s creativity and purpose. You are not only transformed by the music but by its story. You want to listen to each track as if it will lead to a fairytale ending, and, at Webster Hall, Empire of The Sun gave the crowd exactly that.
From a cyborg woman that stole his heart to a father disappointed at his son’s journey across the stars, lead singer Luke Steele gave as much of an acting performance as he did a vocal one. He embodied the lovelorn angst and the pleading pain of a man waltzing through the universes to find his place. With two of the fiercest dancers you will ever see behind them, each of their outfit changes, between songs, felt like a landing upon another planet. You were no longer in NYC but in a Star Wars Cantina, of which the galaxy held a cast of characters meant to challenge your self-identity. Sounds a lot like earthly life.
Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Official Video)
From a man taking of his glittered shirt and swinging it around like a surrender flag to a couple smooching as if one of them was going unto the Titanic, Empire of The Sun’s show is filled with people eager for catharsis. It was a spiritual vent for fun, imagination, romance, mischief, and community, of which not every concert strikes all these elements. People were deeply invested in the show and the electro-duo because it felt like a live-action myth performed by legends. I swear that Luke Steele’s famous headdress entered the room before him. When people saw those glittering spikes from amongst the dark they cheered as if God had said, “Let Us Begin!” In a way. he did.
Empire Of The Sun – Way To Go (Official Video)
Empire of The Sun’s music is electrically revved. If someone told me every that synth-wave rode into the show through a TRON bike, I would believe it. There is a very “gamer” style to their arrangements that makes their concert extremely playful. Suddenly, we were all Sims humanizing before Luke Steele’s piercing guitar and pulsating vocals. Yet, such a notion is not far off from Empire of The Sun’s sung themes. In a world that should not and will not stop furthering its technological benefits, Empire of The Sun make sure that laughs, dancing, and human bonding are still within your soul’s coding. For More Information On Empire of The Sun Click Here.
