band perform live, having seen the charismatic lead singer Nai Palm
wow the crowds at Koko back in January.
Warming up for them was Andrew Ashong, a fella
who's hardly performed live at all but yet managed to
win the Track Of The Year at this year's Worldwide Awards.
Here's the man that's to blame...
And yet it was a warm-up act that kept the huge crowds of XOYO going,
even helping him to sail through the technical faults on stage.
Especially when ad-libbing through the stand out song itself "Flowers".
Then came the headline act themselves, Hiatus Kaiyote and I must say,
they're even better live than on record.
If I had to describe their sound, imagine what Amy Winehouse
would sound like if she had stuck to her sound from the "Frank"
album and took it further.
Lead singer Nai Palm did an amazing job not just on vocals
but on guitar, and keys as well.
And the band's main keyboard player Simon Mavin was also amazing,
full of classy sounding chords.
The crowd were loving it, even singing along to favourites such as
"Nakamarra" and "Softly Lulls".
We also got a few new songs including one inspired by Stevie Wonder,
"Breathing Underwater".
The song itself was amazing, but the title brought back memories of the theme
tune to the rather apalling Hanna Barbera underwater Smurfs knock-off
"The Snorks".
Moving right along....
These guys are ones to watch.
Definitely worth popping along to see, and they're
back in London in November at the Village Underground.
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