[ATTENDED: June 3, 2018] LVL UP
I had two ideas of what LVL UP sounded like. I thought they were either a punky crazy band or were a poppy band.
Turns out they were neither. They’re more punk than pop, but there’s a kind of a DIY quality to their music more than anything polished.
I was also delighted to see that they have three singers (and I assume songwriters) as well. For this show, they basically went around the horn with who sang lead.
Bassist Nick Corbo started off with “Angel From Space.” He was followed by guitarist Mike Caridi with his more angular song “Blur.” Then came second guitarist Dave Benton with his more chill sounding “Soft Power.”
The only one who didn’t sing was drummer Greg Rutkin.
Then they repeated the cycle. Nick Corbo with his big old-fashioned looking bass played the slower “Five Men on the Ridge.” Back to Caridi with a new song (all the others are, I believe on their new album. It was followed by Benton’s “I Feel Extra Natural” which references the Silver Jews.
They went through the cycle of singers one more time and then played a couple more songs at the end. It was cool that they kept things moving and all sounding pretty different while maintaining their overall vibe.
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