Back in early January, Blackout Orchestra and I connected. They happen to be a band from Toronto. I finally got to catch an online set via Dropout Entertainment. They have an album coming out on March 5th. The album -- as described by the band -- deals with heartbreak, mental health, addiction and clawing your way out of it, making it so very pretentious.
The band is so new that the duo formed during quarantine and this was only their second live show. Both members have been and are in other bands so the music had a very high quality to it. In fact, the person that was shooting the set belongs in one of those bands called Starship Experience.
Their music was re-arrange for the acoustic set. This re-arrangement provided a blend of folk and pop. The duo's vocals worked wonderfully together. There was definitely Hotel Café power harmony vocals. Those vocals really blew everything away when they soared during the more dramatic moments of their songs.
At the end of the set, their video for "No Where Near the Looking Glass" played to given a fuller hearing of their sound. It is a pulsating shoe gaze sound with nightmare overtures.
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