It was short. But boy was it sweet.
No truer words can be used to describe Pyyramids at Barpink in San Diego. This upcoming band was created by two people definitely not new to the music industry. Drea Smith, one half of the indie band He Say She Say, and Tim Nordwind, bassist for the grammy award winning band OK Go, came together to try a new project. And I love it. From two different artists comes a psychedelic sound influenced by bands such as Joy Division and The Pixies.
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Their live show was good, but unfortunately they seemed like big fish in a little pond. 5 people crammed on a little stage that really doesn’t let them explore space. Drea’s vocals were solid, crooning with emotion. Tim has a presence on stage that just commands attention. (Maybe its the beard…) Unfortunately, I didn’t get the names of everyone else in the band, but they sounded so solid, that the bar’s less than perfect acoustics didn’t hold them back. When the show started there may have been only a handful of people in the bar, but at the end of the set, the numbers shot through the roof. People walking by who could hear the band took notice, and decided to come inside to check them out.
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With this kind of reception, one can only expect great things. They may not be a familiar name yet, but they’re getting noticed. We’ll see how their obscurity changes after their performance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TONIGHT!!! 5/15)
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