Oct 03 : "Better Rest" - Repelican (Philly - Baltimore)

Philly Music!

It's been a hectic month. I'm just catching up today writing about a great show I saw back on August 28. Yikes! It was my second time seeing Repelican, which is getting to be a favorite. Repelican did everything. And More!

Repelican is the solo effort of Philly (ex=Baltimore) artist, Jon Ehrens. His performances include a combination of live and pre=recorded elements. Some songs have vocals and guitar live with rhythm coming through as pre=recorded.

But don't believe the songs are too formulaic and set in their format. In reality, the music's styling as well as the show's format are all over the map. In fact, Jon said before the show started that a lot of it would be impromptu, he hadn't planned it out.

With Repelican shows, you absolutely don't know what to expect next. This dynamic was enhanced by the show's being at Ortlieb's, which has a low stage. About halfway through the show, Jon hopped off the stage while still singing and walked around, mingling with the audience as he sang. He did a couple songs mixed in with us and then returned back to the stage. Ortlieb's is a way better match for his shows than Johnny Brenda's where I saw him previously.

Repelican has several albums on its page, but I guess I'm obsessing over my favorite, the 2014 "Pall Mall Blues". From that album and towards the end, the ninth track, is "Better Rest". An interesting quality of this song is that the vocals are sort of half-spoken and half-sung :::

Repelican has been mounting a lot more music on line since the beginning of the year, including new work as well as albums previously released. Here is "I Don't Know What She Wants [And I Don't Wanna Care (But I Do)]" which is the last track on the 2008 album "Repelican Presents: Fuk You! It's The Revoltn Developments!" :::

The last track on "Pall Mall Blues" is "In the Mystery". I like the instrumentals on this :::

Repelican doesn't have any upcoming shows listed at the moment, but here is the click to the Facebook page where you can follow what's going on ::: Repelican on Facebook (CLICK HERE). And if you'd like to hear more music, here's the click to Bandcamp ::: Repelican on Bandcamp (CLICK HERE)