Concert Review: The Noble Kids Take Over Mercury Lounge
Noble Kids played Mercury Lounge surrounded by family and friends that genuinely believed in their work. There is a common misconception that family “lies” to you about how good you are, and, at times, that can be the case. They can either be really honest to your face or behind your back. Yet, even at the bar, before and after they played, no one could stop saying how proud they were that the Noble Kids were actually good artists.
Noble Kids really sing true to their name. They are a bunch of friends making music that feels like James Taylor got together with the Felice Brothers and decided to do an electro, cover band of Fleet Foxes. Yes, that is very specific, but that is the image they summon. They are a ripe balance of folk pop; using folk’s insightful, introspective nature with the sweetness of a waving pop rhythm. The result is music that makes you want to turn up your car radio or bedroom boombox and sing to being okay again.
Lyrically, The Noble Kids allude to something a lot of Millennials feel: unbalanced. Every rising generation has to realize the world is not rose-colored, but our generation and possible, other future youths are confronting that there might not be any roses left. Fractured realities can lead to fractured dreams, and lead singer Michael Steiner truly has a voice that sings to the pain and whimsies of life, similarly to James Taylor. He has a a girded vocality like a hand dug into soil, of which helps harmonies with Bryce Barsten and violinist Brianna Leary as powerfully earthy.
Overall, The Noble Kids felt jovial and jittery on the stage. Their music will, definitely, elevate them to bigger stages and following because it speaks to what many are feeling right now; even their new album’s title, Messy Pretty, of which the night was dedicated to its release, contains tracks that sing to the struggle being real for Millennials. In a world so many articles about what is “wrong” with this generation, The Noble Kids have the music that says, “We just have to see what we can make better!” For More Information On The Noble Kids Click Here.
