New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (2011)
Philly Music!
BEST SHOW YET!
After I got back to Philly from Hampdenfest, the first band I saw live was The City Music Project which did a weekend show at North Star.
Frank Cervantes, who is half of TCMP's duo, has told me a couple times that, at one time or another, they've had a saxophone player joining them on some shows. I had heard the band play several times, but never seemed to hit the right evening when the duo was a trio ::: until this recent show at North Star.
And I really have to say this was the best show I've ever seen them do. Frank does most of the vocals along with the guitar, while Adrian Palashevsky (goldenSpiral)is the "DJ". The music dwells in its own world of "Multi-Genre", seamlessly blending an array of styles into a complex force. And, at the North Star show there was a third musician, who did play the saxophone in some songs, but then switched over to a mystery instrument the likes of which I've never seen or heard. Looking like a thin oboe or clarinet with a wire coming out of the bottom, the mystery instrument was incorporated into a few different songs with widely varying sounds in each.
I love to see a band doing some true innovation, while, at the same time, not relinquishing their individuality (Do they pass the blindfold test? Listening to them for a few bars, less then a minute, do you have any doubt what band it is?) This show was satisfying on a lot of levels, and I look forward to seeing them again soon.
Current song playing is "Chemistry" by Philly band The City Music Project. This is the fourth track on their cd "Visual-Audio", which was released earlier this year.
To visit The City Music Project, here is the click ::: The City Music Project (CLICK HERE)
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