Concert Review: Low Anthem Are A Night Ride At Bowery Ballroom
It is a beautiful time in this world. I know that, often, even I talk about how dark its become, but a candle burns brightest in a dark room. Activism, advocacy, and kindness have stepped up from the most unlikeliest of people in the craziest of situations as if to prove, virtue comes from suffering like flowers growing in between cracks of concrete. Low Anthem crooned tunes at Bowery Ballroom that showed from the shadows of life beam the greatest moments of light.
Jeff Prystowsky sings as if his voice is, literally, a set of bright eyes looking for brighter days. Tracks like “Give My Body Back”, “Coral Crescent”, and “Drowsy Dowsing Dolls” were moonlit with melodies that were as still, glowing, and dazed as the astronomical body, itself. Prytowsky has a very hushing quality to his balmy, cushy voice. It is as if your body and mind enter a movie theater, playing Low Anthem’s songs’ life moments, and they silence you to hear Prystowsky from beginning to end.
Low Anthem feel like night-riding music. There, beneath the Bowery’s lights, the crowd felt like they were being driven down a psych-folk road; making tracks like “River Brine” and “Towee Towee” the lamp-posts assuring you still see ahead of you even if you are sleepy, tired, or simply bored by life’s path. It was a quiet, simple show splashed with “awakening moments” of quick quips from the band. Yet, for the most part, Low Anthem live up to their name. They want to jolt you up by turning down the electric sound.
Sometimes, I find it strange how much a quiet song makes me want to move. It is as if my body is physically clashing with a soulful offer to be still like, listening to Sarah Mclachan at the gym. Yet, when you hear Low Anthem live you cannot stop being stopped. Their songs wrap you up as if music hooks can literally become rope. You feel bound to listen up and drift into fantastical, lulling lyrics, murky percussive and stringed instrumentals, and the resonating message that every road ends, but there is something beautiful about that. For More Information On Low Anthem Click Here.
