On Wednesday 18 October took
place the first concert of Whispering Sons in Athens-Greece, supported by local
band Anima Triste. One would expect that Whispering Sons would be tired and
exhausted on their last gig of their 26-date autumn european tour, but... no!
One would expect that Whispering Sons would be shy and uncomfortable first time
in front of the ever demanding greek audience, but... no! Whispering Sons, the
5-member young band from Belgium gave an excellent perfomance, playing all
their songs and even exhausting their full setlist on their greatly urged
encore.
The band begun their show practically doing a soundcheck, then suddenly
stopped to properly restart later, giving the impression of a band performing
in private and not in public. However, as the setlist proceeded, pure magic
happened: The band's female singer (Fenne) started gradually transforming from
a sweet harmless girl to an unpredictable menacing young woman, moving and
jumping all over the stage, even violently knocking down the microphone. But
what really the pure magic is about, is that Fenne constantly reacts to the
music produced by the rest of the band, making her self-expressive unique
moves, dancing and vibrating to the rhythm, and finally succeeding in drifting
the hypnotized audience along the music. There were moments that I personally
felt intoxicated by the energy released, forgetting about where I was and what
I was listening. Pure magic! Whispering Sons have their own distintive sound
that manages to stand out: Great dominating melodic guitar, built upon a solid
electronic drum pad sound, coupled with firm discreet bass, accompanied by
female low-ranged emotional vocals by "Miss White Shoes" Fenne.
Anima Triste were undoubtedly the
perfect match to introduce Whispering Sons to the greek audience. With many
similarities in their sound, the 4-member greek band gave one of their most
accurate perfomances so far. Driven by their expressive passionate singer,
Anima Triste performed many songs off their last year's self-titled debut
album, as well as new songs waiting to be recorded for their upcoming second
one.
photos by Nick Drivas
review by Stefan Stavrides
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