[ATTENDED: October 22, 2018] Belle Game
I hadn’t heard of Belle Game before this show. The blurb on the ticket site described them as “crush pop” which was new to me.
Since they were opening for Johnny Marr I thought I had a feeling for what they wound sound like.
I arrived at the club moments before they went on (nice timing), but far enough back that I couldn’t see anyone very well (wish I’d gotten there ten minutes earlier). The music started and it was this ethereal soft sound–lots of synths and even the guitar was dreamy and almost unrecognizable. And then singer Andrea Lo started singing.
Lo has an amazing voice. Very powerful–she can hit the rafters easily. She also sings with a lot of force (that hand waving to the beat that pop singers do). Basically, she was like a TV singer. And it absolutely did not work with the music. (more…)
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