Concert Review: Lo Moon Radiate Love At Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Lo Moon played Music Hall of Williamsburg last night, and left me eager to find love. With music that plays to both maturity and magic of love, it was hard not to wish that they never left the stage. In thirty minutes, they felt like headliners touring for the virtue that is love.
Lo Moon – Loveless
I have seen Lo Moon before, and as I mentioned, the more an artist tours, the better they get. You can see the difference in an artists’ confidence between the beginning of a tour and its ends, of which Lo Moon dominated the night like it was their invention. Songs like, “Real Love” and “This Is It” went beyond electro-music to epic music because Lo Moon’s lyricism is for declaring the love you have and not deciding whether you should have it. So often, songs about love, are about deciding whether you have or should get this virtue in your life. Yet, lead singer Matt Lowell sings his words with firm affirmation. He is not a boy with a crush but a man with an assertion; he feels love and is committed to making it last. That level of maturity and poetic romanticism makes Lo Moon’s music seem as big as love itself. You want to wrap yourself in Lowell’s wintered voice. There is something about his vocals that remind me of this season. He can make his notes as glowing and crystal-shaped as a snowflake, but then turn cold and bitter like a snow crushed by harsh ground which, in some ways, is what love can do to us. One minute, we are riding high ready to settle down, and then we a falling down due to a partner’s own lack of need/ want to settle. Songs, like the whimsically dark-pop “Loveless” and “Thorns” fed the crowd’s mutual disdain for sweet love’s bitter aftertaste. Yet, it was hard, at times, to feel completely bitten by the dark, magical teeth of love when, again, Lowell’s voice is crisp and healing. When he belts a note, the earth quakes, and his harmonies with Crisanta Baxter were dreamy. She too has a voice the captivates with its ability to smolder on certain notes and shimmer in others ones. Seeing her and Lowell straightly lined together showed this band is exemplar in musicianship.
Lo Moon – Loveless (Hudson Mohawke Remix) [Audio]
From the rapid fire drumming to the waning guitar tornado that swooped in during songs “Wonderful Life” and “My $”, I felt revived by their arrangements. Each song was a precise balance between rhythmically and mentally stimulating; as if you could move your heart and mind together. Seeing the band side by side, I grew to appreciate the great talent that is Lo Moon, and each of their amazing techniques. This band does not even have a debut album yet, but they can play an instrument like they are on their thirteenth record. Overall, their performance felt artful in its description and evoking of true love as a journey: not a road trip. Love is more than just a chapter, it is your life’s book, and by the night’s end Lo Moon’s was a book of masterful writing. For More Information On Lo Moon Click Here.
