Concert Review: Molly Burch Shows Love Is Longing At Union Pool
Molly Burch played her romantically beautiful album, Please Be Mine. The record, which I reviewed, is stunning upon first listen as it is the epitome of love’s longing. Thus, entering Union Pool, I fully expected a great concert, but was shocked at how moving Burch is when live.
From bluesy guitar melodies to vocal plays that drop upon listeners like the tears of a heartbroken lover, Molly Burch knows how to play up the melancholia of her songs. In concert, her music comes off like its from an older world, where love was more coy in approach but more felt in action. Each song felt like a hand being reached out begging to be held. One song that stood out was closer to the night’s end:” “Please Be Mine”. The title track left the room in silence from Burch’s gorgeous, emotive rendition. It was as if each note she shed was a memory of a lover who did not receive her love. It was in this sense that her performance gave a cathartic importance. We all have been in love, which means we all have gone through loss, and Molly Burch vocally represents love that is lost. The yearning element of her album is amplified by the mood her performance. A woman of little words, her songs come off like a melodic conversation with a soul that, again, does not seem from this time period but is still equally moved by love’s timeless machinations.
Love leaves people dumbfounded in its ability to make you feel alive, on one end, and then make you feel like a ghost in another. Burch yelps and yodels across songs with a range that flows out of her in the same way as emotions come in waves. She builds, surges, and, by the end of the song, sets a tone and sentiment that quiets listeners who want to know whether Molly Burch will always be a “Fool” for love. In addition, the Union Pool setting, definitely, helped elaborate songs like “Loneliest Heart” and “Wrong For You” because the stage is set to be like a picture frame in a living room. When you enter the concert hall its does seems like an old-home, with gold etchings around the stage and deep-red drapes shrouding the back. By looking like a frame, Molly’s voice and her smooth guitar came of like a still capturing of music made for anyone who wants to hear what love is like in desire and disaster. For More Information On Molly Burch Click Here.
