Concert Review: Mondo Cozmo Feels At Home In Barclays

Diandra Reviews has had the pleasure of seeing Mondo Cozmo at Baby’s All Right, at which he did an EXCELLENT job that night. Yet, the keyword is job. Opening for Bastille at Barclays, Mondo Cozmo did a dream, for himself, which brought a whole other level of energy/joy to him that happily surprised me.

We all know the difference within someone when they are doing a loving job rather than a great one. It is like when your teacher assigns your favorite book or one you really wanted to read or when your boss gives a project/deal you have really wanted. It does not mean your assignments or deals meant nothing or were not served with the best of your skills, but when you get what you want; it shows. Mondo Cozmo was happy and honored to be at Barclays, which brought a different vibe to his set, that did not change in songs, as much the style and messages it emanated. At Baby’s you captured more the lyrics and sense of Mondo’s penchant for self-destruction. He played up to the bar-club’s atmosphere of a place for daily escapism which, again, his lyrics and rasped voice can emanate. He has a voice that guzzles and gurgles with the roughness life can summon to break you spirit, but at Barclay’s, it was his lyrics of hope and perseverance that leaped. If Cozmo gave Baby’s All Right the feel of his poetic penchant for chaos, at Barclay’s he gave his spiritual hope for peace.
Mondo Cozmo – Shine

Shine

There he was smiling, dancing, riffing on his guitar, and bleeding his vocals as if he were ready to give his heart to the crowd. He even asked to take a picture of them form how much he was relishing the moment. When they said “I love you”, he genuinely responded “I love you, too”, and pronounced that they could all go meet him at the “merch table” but warned he was a hugger. The brightness of his aura and smile radiated through his songs: from when the crowd turned on their cell lights as he beautifully repeated Shine’s lyrics “Everything will be alright if you let it go” to when he curtain called his set with The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony”. People cheered for Mondo as if he had won the “World Cup” because he treated the crowd as if he did. Admittedly, I was extremely curious to see how he changed his style because, again, at Baby’s All Right, he appeared like a rocker ready to sing how life had tumbled him, and the intimate, dimly lit setting played to that vibe. Yet, at Barclays, he was completely uplifted, and went “toe to toe” in big personality with the arena and huge crowd, which proves, further, he is destined to headline. For More Information On Mondo Cozmo Click Here. 
Mondo Cozmo – Higher

Higher