freaks and geeks
I stopped by the Cabbagetown Reunion Festival on Saturday afternoon. I am not clear on what the term “reunion” had to do with the festival, as no one was obviously reuniting.
The festival attracted quite a few artistic looking types, along with several musician looking types. Mixed in with the whole indie underground vibe presented by those types were some random rednecks and several Cabbagetown denizens.
The main reason I dropped in on the festival was to see Envie play. Recurring Propeller Skies readers have heard me mention several times that Envie is really fucking awesome, I recommend visiting the “media” section of their site to hear just how excellent they are. Or, catch them next Saturday at the Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Festival.
The show started off pretty rough, as the sound guy had very limited mixing equipment at his disposal. After the first song, adjustments were made and the band sounded pretty good, although not nearly as good as they sounded a few shows ago at the Echo Lounge.
I really enjoy the tension created between Renee’s extremely precise style on the harp and keyboards and Chris’ looser style on guitar, with Jarred on bass and Kevin on drums anchoring the band. Additionally, there is also a loud and soft dynamic within their songs that works very well.
The highlight of the show occurred during one song that I do not know the name of*, towards the end of the set, when Chris got so caught up in playing that I was sure he was going to fall off his stool.
notes:
* Maybe some day they will get around to releasing a CD and then I will have some idea what the songs are named.
PHOTO: Renee Nelson of Envie at the Cabbagetown Reunion Festival in Atlanta, GA. June 5, 2004. Courtesy of d.2263 Photographics. View more Envie photos.