Julia Messenger – Live at Bennetts Lane
Julia Messenger masters the balance of music and patience in Live at Bennetts Lane. She teases her listeners, playing with their attention. Her songs are at once haunting and enticing, enhancing minimal elements (including pauses) with very little sound. The piano rolls along beside her, matching her levity and her musical quality.
Taking the tempo down to slow (but not too slow, just enough to examine life leisurely) Messenger and her sporadic backing don’t rely on the lobotomising effect of repetition, jumping with each note and then standing back to look at it hanging in the air.
Messenger will soon be presented for your contemplation in the intimate setting of Sydney’s The Vanguard. Audience members should prepare themselves to share the experience with everyone in the not-too-large room. (SP)
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