Concert Review: SHAED Gives Electro-Love To Music Hall Of Williamsburg
After my Sir The Baptist interview, I solidified a thought I had always had: there should be no exchange between a good beat and substance. Now, substance, by definition, may vary. For some, substance in a song comes from lyrics, while for others it comes from a voice. No matter how, there is an overarching feeling to a lot of music-lovers, like myself, that an exchange has brewed between rhythms over rhyme and talent. Yet, Shaed’s Music Hall Of Williamsburg performance showed me that you can be moved physically and emotionally from a song.
Shaed’s music is the ultimate electro-infused analysis of relationships. I can sum up every Shaed song’s theme to this sentence, “I feel lonesome without you, but also feel alone with you.” The strangeness of that emotional paradox is what courses over every rhythm beautifully machinated by brothers Spencer Ernst and Max Ernst. These guys bring echoes of Disclosure, another brotherly duo dominating UK/ international music for their singular DJ style. As both brothers switch places and bounce before their instruments as if their keys are kings and they are the entertaining jester, you could not help but feel the luck of Chelsea Lee to find two guys that know how to create a beat that makes her voice soar. I was humbled and exhilarated by her vocal range, which should not be underestimated for its power and clarity because of the Ernst’s brothers danceable back-drop; their chords are just Lee’s launchpad. While it is easy to be taken rhythmically by songs “Running Through The Fields” and “Thunder”, the voice of Ms. Lee should not be ignored nor can it be. Like SIA, the young songstress brings starry vocals that can shatter glass and thus minds with their higher capacities. Moreover, she fully transports you to Shaed’s lyrical themes. As each synth currents through listeners’ minds like electro-charges pulsing through a tunnel, you feel as if you and your lover are on opposite ends of said tunnel; trying to figure out whether you stay opposed, unite in the middle, or one of you treks to the others side to be with the other. Such a vivid image splashed across songs “Perfume” and “Name On It”, which, undeniably, move your feet.
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I enjoyed Shaed’s performance for two reasons. They are a polished musical power that understands talent and emotionality are not lessened for danceability. Moreover, I can see Lee sing any day with how easily she scopes through her vocal prowess like a cheetah would the Sahara. For More Information On Shaed Click Here.
