Check out more of my Gaoler’s Daughter photos at Flickr. My apologies for only taking photos of John, but the lighting was shit and additionally, I am lazy.
I just have a few things that I want to say about Gaoler’s Daughter. I got to see them this past week for the second time and they really outdid themselves compared to their set I caught back in September of 2009. And that’s the main point that I’m trying to drive home here is that they’ve shown so much improvement since I started following their career (was made aware of them in April, but didn’t have anything to listen to until um, October?) not only in their live show/presence but also in recorded material. Their first EP ‘Jumbo Jet’ was a great starting off step – a couple of songs were extremely strong especially for essentially a brand new band. And I know pretty much for sure that their next EP is going to be a step up, a step better and pretty soon they’ll be really popular or something.
John Sterry is a pretty great front man. He, rather adeptly, toes this line between me hating him and me loving him because he is energetic and hard to not watch, but there’s something almost over the top about his stage persona. It’s gotta be that x-factor or something (badum-chhh).
‘Jumbo Jet’ was amazing live. And it’s probably my favorite Gaoler’s song. It also really encapsulates what I love about G’sD, and I know I have said this before, but the interplay between the melancholia and the kinetic energy, not only live but in the music and lyrics. I don’t know there’s kind of a really old spirit about the way John Sterry writes songs – something longing and reminiscent but not necessarily sentimental. I don’t know. I like this band a lot and can’t wait to see where they take these things.
8/10
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