Concert Review: The Jack Moves Souls At Littlefield
I always loved the Apple Commercial with FKA Twigs. In it, she comes home, exhausted from work, and, suddenly, has the capacity to move walls into neon rainbows. Thanks to music, she could, literally, breathe, dance, and expand her space in color and size. This notion discoed through The Jack Moves’ Littlefield performance.
Maybe, it was the neon wall behind them that made me remember FKA Twigs’ commercial, but their music drew up the same sentiment. I am convinced that many people are tired and bored of their life. I truly feel that anxiety and depression, in some ways, stems from boredom, and the struggle to accept that our life is not what we want and we might have a hard time making it something we like. Such notions were carried in songs “Three The Hard Way” and “Money Clouds,” where you felt each melody expand the space. For humanity, our perspective ranges from looking up to looking down on situations, but never looking directly at them, of which The Jack Moves make you see straight forward.
With their upcoming album, Free Money out October 19, The Jack Moves’ Littlefield show was groovy, fresh with new music, and, unbeknownst to the crowd, more confronting on our societal ways. This soul-funk duo appears fun and innocent in their desire to make you shake like a bag of change, but “change” has a double meaning. They want you to feel like a million bucks while also realizing you do not, actually, need it to feel rich. For this message, Zee Desmondes is the RIGHT messenger. His voice was born in a 1978 The Commodores tour. Seriously! Every annotation and vocal riff he commits seems framed by the likes of Al Green or Teddy Pendergrass. It is hard not to want to “turn off the light and light a candle,” when you hear his voice give itself to love.
The Jack Moves’ are rising in attention because they pay attention. Their music flows like bubbles from a champagne bottle in the back of a Sly & The Family Stone tour bus headed to the year 3000. Their ability to make this classic genre feel new is MUCH appreciated for its stans, but it is their ability to sneak in a note on happier living that leaves you grateful. For More Information On The Jack Moves Click Here.
