“Fits And Starts” — Musee Mecanique
I was pleasantly surprised by Musee Mecanique, a Portland, Ore., band that shared the bill with Laura Gibson and Rock Plaza Central at the High Noon Sunday.
Gibson, who took the above photo of the band, played a lovely set as usual, and Rock Plaza Central regaled the small audience with moving full-band harmonies and strange tales of metal horses.
“(Musée Mécanique) dreams in sepia tones, combining acoustic guitar, singing saw, accordion, and organ to evoke an antique setting befitting their haunted songs … Musée Mécanique distinguish themselves from the throng by ignoring Americana influences and infusing their brand of intimate melancholia with lush arrangements and electronic underpinnings … haunted, ornate, wistful for the past, and not of its time … It is that ability to viscerally effect an audience that make Musée Mécanique such a powerful, if unusual, folk force.” (P4K)
[Musee Mecanique Daytrotter Session]
[Rock Plaza Central Daytrotter Session] (I especially recommend checking out the song “I Am An Excellent Steel Horse”)
