Cranky Booking presents the latest in its streak of shows at Antje Oklesund where it’s all about good bands, good people and a great atmosphere. Tonight, however, Cranky Booking is throwing its birthday bash which can only mean one thing…not one but two bottles of whiskey on the door to greet and warm your probably still slightly freezing bones.
After appearing several times over the past year it’s Delta Love’s turn to headline at last. These boys have been making a name for themselves around town on the strength of their live performances and having taken a couple of months away from playing live to start recording their debut album, it’s time they came out to play again and what better way to do that than a spring evening at Antje Oklesund.
Delta Love (Carl guitar/foot-organ/vocals, Til drums/vocals) play a unique combination of reverb-laden guitar, drums, vocals and foot-organ, a dizzyingly brilliant mix of 60s garage-psych influences filtered through a modern day approach.
Imagine a mix of The Sonics, Sic Alps, Dirty Beaches and Beat Happening and you’re somewhere close to their sound but nothing quite prepares you for the Delta Love live experience; a howling-reverb assault of guitar punctuated by stop-start drums that never outstay their welcome, washed over by a double-vocal assault and a bass-pedal which both add depth to the overall effect. Recent shows have been packed with new songs and there’s a more fluid side bursting through to match their tunefulness, they’ve started playing some classic skewed, pop music.Through support slots with Sic Alps, Bob Log III and Strange Boys, and regular shows around Berlin, they also played support to King Khan & BBQ Show in September and supported American indie legends Mission Of Burma in December in Berlin, a sure sign that a band is coming of age.
While the Crystal Shipsss’ debut album does boast conventional songwriting, Jacob’s living room production expands upon the experimental aspect of albums such as David Bowie’s “Heroes” and the simple wisdom of Galaxie 500′s “On Fire”. Nearly every song on “Yay” takes the listener on a less-than two-minute trip through a “light and airy to heavy fuzzed out journey into Faurholt’s extraordinary range as a songwriter.
