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Tue 20th The Luminaire presents JOSH PYKE + Ed Laurie + Yael Naim
Doors 7.30 This is the first of a three night residency for Josh [the others are March 27 and April 3] and this evening he's supported by Luminaire favourite Ed Laurie, and Yael Naim. “…though his high voice will bring casual comparisons to Elliott Smith, the similarities lie more in the raw and mysterious imagery… of the kind most current singer songwriters wouldn’t consider…. Pyke has particular promise.” [Uncut] It didn't take long before Josh Pyke's unique voice and song writing style, influenced by the likes of Elliott Smith, Evan Dando, and Sparklehorse, began to find favour amongst music tastemakers, critics and Triple J listeners in his Australian homeland. The first taste, the assured 'Kids Don't Sell Their Hopes So Fast', found high rotation on JJJ and soon 'Silver' and the gently sweeping 'Doldrums' followed to similar praise and airplay. “Memories & Dust’ is a classic example of one-man acoustic story-telling – quirky, sullen and akin to a more upbeat Elliott Smith. This is a world-class album from the Australian songwriter who signed to Island last year. A very bright talent.” [Music Week] Earlier this year Josh signed to Ivy League Records and shortly afterwards travelled to New York for some further writing, performing and demoing and upon return set about recording what will be his debut release under his own name, a mini album entitled 'Feeding The Wolves'. "Feeding the Wolves" signifies a great deal more than a change in name: It reveals a huge step in the development of Josh as an artist and songwriter. The subject matter is as broad as titles like 'Beg Your Pardon', 'Private Education', 'Middle Of The Hill' and 'Goldmines' suggest, however it's Josh's lyrics that draw this collection of songs together into a complete package. He cleverly dissects human emotion and feelings and shows them for what they are: complex, abstract, fascinating. With production by the much-lauded Wayne Connolly (You Am I, Underground Lovers, Youth Group, just about any Australian act of note...), "Feeding The Wolves" has the artist now rightly known as Josh Pyke letting his talent flow without constraint. The words seem to tumble out of him: honest, evocative, and emotional all at once. The playing - again mostly all Josh - is one moment sweetly melodic, then turning urgent and insistent as needs be. This range of feelings, packaged so they bounce around inside your head like good songs do, and given so generously, go together to make 'Feeding The Wolves' the sound of an artist beginning to realise an enormous potential. Main support is brought to you by Ed Laurie, "a singer-songwriter with a similar emotional warmth as such legendary troubadours as Leonard Cohen. A sweet offering if ever we've heard one! [The Stool Pigeon]. Ed paints a haunting and exotic landscape with his unmistakable baritone and Latin-tinged rhythms picked out on a nylon-stringed guitar. Musical magical realism. Think the child of Cesaria Evora if she was involved in a bizarre love-in with Jose Gonzalez, Leonard Cohen and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Opening the evening is Yael Naim, a Paris-born, Israeli-raised singer, pianist, composer, songwriter and producer. |
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