[ATTENDED: February 4, 2020] The Dull Blue Lights
The Dull Blue Lights are yet another Philly band that I’d never heard of.
I’m always curious about the logistics of touring. Like, when does a band wind up using local bands as opening acts instead of having someone tour around with them? And how do they pick a local band in each town?
Well, whoever did their research did it very well because The Dull Blue Lights were an absolutely perfect opening act for Seratones and they were absolutely fantastic.
The Lights describe their music as “Basement Soul” which is a perfect summary of the kind of music they play. It has a Soul feel (with a fantastic organ sound) but a nice gritty guitar and vocal component that makes it different from pure soul.
Generally, their songs had great riffs from singer/guitarist Todd Fausnacht. But there were also multiple sections of the songs that made the more than one-dimensional. Fausnacht also had a cool yelping falsetto that he could employ whenever he needed.
But what really sold me right away was the way the first song, “A Faint Whisper,” seemed like it was one thing (kind of an old-school rocker) and then the chorus turned into something much smoother before rocking out again. (more…)
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