Concert Review: Pecas Shapeshifts Through Elsewhere
At Elsewhere, Pecas, literally, gave her entire body to her set. Dabbling with Spanish verses over sounds that could make bedrooms feel like universes, she felt both cosmic and casual. She captures the communalism of individualism; exemplifying that we are all persons trying to figure out how to move in body and soul.
Pecas contorts her body and, with her synthesizer, her voice to become someone that is unidentifiable, which, ironically, makes her distinguishable. Talent matters but uniqueness rises. Everyone has something to offer this world, but finding the particularity of our “offering” is what helps arise from the various crowds we will be lumped into. For Pecas, her soul and sound are like intimate galaxies. Described as a “shy disco diva,” tracks such as, “Matchstick,” “Te Olvidaras,” and “This Is (Why We Can’t” had a dichromatic effect.
In one way, her music reddened by a sultry, synth/sax melody that draws you in like a literal hand pointing “Come Here!” In the other way, her songs sound blued by a subtle, melancholic coyness that derives from Pecas’ vocality. Whether she is doing her own deep-toned, “Barry White” voice or skiing through “Bee Gees” styled high notes, Pecas’ voice never etches away from insular. She makes power and dominance feel like quiet, simple terms; as if your energy defines your presence more than your looks. In this image-based world, such a notion can be life-altering. Yet, to Pecas, it is a solid, inner truth. Her presence is her force, which is why she is in constant motion.
Pecas feels like a musical shape shifter; switching and molding her body and voice as if it were a spiritual rubix cube she was trying to resolve. Her ability to bend through genres and emotions feels natural because she is trying to supersede the labels that come with them. While the songstress aims to create music that draws crowds in to dance, her music does not simply invite you to sway or shake it up. Instead, it feels like a welcome to move sexily and interpretively as you go beyond the confines of what those words mean. For More Information on Pecas Click Here.
