Concert Review: Sir Sly Turns Bowery Ballroom Into Their Brain
Sir Sly turned Bowery Ballroom into a brain that they could poke, prod, and enliven through their newest album, Don’t You Worry, Honey. The “Sly-Fi” music, as they call it ,truly felt like sci-fi pop with experimental sounds meant to creek and zoom through your brain like, a distant alien. This “alien” being the morphing vocals and moves of Landon Jacobs.
Sir Sly – High
#whatafrontman This guy trembles at the sound of music as if its power makes him quiver with fever. He huddles over his guitar and shakes throughout each song with an uncontrollable passion as if the guitar is playing him. The lead vocal will even throw himself on the floor just to make chords wane like the moon: purely cosmic. Add on a voice that melts upon their deliciously deranged sounds, and Jacobs headlines a memorable concert. The singer sounds as if he hangs out with Thom Yorke of Radiohead or Jimmy Page of Led Zepplin. These icons know how to make experimental music based in emotions so that, no matter how much a base drops, a keys heightens, and a guitar riffs, it is all founded in a sentimental purpose; to truly make music a human reflector. This mission could be best seen in songs like, “Oh Mama”, where Jacobs humorously forgot certain lyrics. He laughed because the song was written in dedication to his mother, who passed away from brain cancer last year, and who would probably have made fun of the flub. This moment was, particularly memorable, because Jacobs is a charm of a frontman. He is sweet and cracks jokes on the crowd, only to give his voice to them like one would an offering to Heaven. Until that instant, the crowd was stuck between Jacobs as a cool friend and a vivid performer, but the moment added that he was a deeply feeling human, which revamped the beauty of electric songs such as “Change”, “Altar” , and “High”. These tracks are all about rising against all in desire for all, and with a neon brain behind them, Sir Sly was, definitely, mindful.
Sir Sly – Astronaut
I have never been more amused by a brain then at a Sir Sly concert. Seeing this giant mind light-up in different patterns according the amusement and frolics of their songs innovated their show. As the lights dropped and their synths blasted, Sir Sly certainly gave a fantastical show worthy of a sci-fi fan. For More Information On Sir Sly Click Here.
Sir Sly – Gold
