Concert Review: Molly Burch Is My Judy At Rough Trade
If Judy Garland had decided to become a “Sunflower Child” and join the beat generation in making Woodstock, you would have Molly Burch. The rising artist has either completely revamped or fully embraced her love-lorn, hippie style. The result was a Rough Trade show that felt completely vividly nostalgic like, Love, itself, on LSD.
As she picked up the mic from her stand and waltzed in place to sing her tracks for lonely lovers, I kept on thinking of how Judy Garland would do the same, especially when singing “The Man Who Got Away.” They were just women and a mic singing to love lost. Such a titular song, embodies Molly Burch’s style in tracks like, “First Flower,” “Please Be Mine,” and “Wild.” She sings to love as if it was born in the summer of 1969. You can see the dandelions in her hair, ride the Volkswagen through the desert, and smile nostalgically at how perfect love was once. This was especially felt as she covered Ariana Grande’s “Needy” like she was Land Del Rey.
Molly Burch // Candy (Official Video)
There is something mystical and mournful to Molly Burch’s voice, which is why she does a sad, love song so well. We have all heard a song that makes us miss an ex we never had. Molly Burch creates such tracks like, “Downhearted” and “Nothing To Say.” While I am a proud feminist, I am also a sucker for a good, sad song where the heroine sings for “her man” to come back. Yet, Molly brings a certain depth to such desires. As she kissed the mic with her verses and held out her hands as if to clutch romance from the air, I realized that she embodied every woman that NEEDED a love affair to go right.
Molly Burch // To the Boys (Official Video)
Maybe, it is because you spent so much time and dreams with that one guy? Maybe, it because you have had so many sour relationships, you are OBSESSED with one going sweetly? Whatever the excuse, sometimes, it is not, necessarily, that we want things to work out with a lover as much as we want things to work with LOVE! Hence, the audience swooned like Katherine Hepburn in Spencer Tracy’s arms to pine for classic love; one that was not about being weaker or stronger than a lover as much as feeling one with them. Molly’s soft, petaled vocality summons the belief that love really is a unity between partners; making them one through high and lows. Who would not want that? For More Information On Molly Burch Click Here.
