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| From | Joe Field <joe@flyingcolorscomics.com> |
| Subject | Re: Jason Falkner |
| Date | Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:55:29 -0800 |
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I picked up the new Jason Falkner EP "Bliss Descending" at the Travis
show in SF Sunday night.
There are five songs, all previously unreleased. I don't have the EP
with me here at the office or I'd post a track list. My take on it is a
big thumbs up! But, then again, there's nothing I can think of by Jason
that I don't like. All five songs are instantly likable, engaging and a
nice extension from his previous solo work. The single (not that there
is such a thing anymore) would be "Lost Myself", a song that, from a
productions standpoint, seems to fit in the halfway spot between Jason's
previous self-produced work and the stuff from "Can You Still Feel"
produced by Nigel Godrich.
The price for the five song EP at the show was $12, some might think
that's a little much for five songs and 22 minutes of music, but there's
not a clunker among the five...
As for the live show, Jason came out with just an electric guitar and
started with "Revelation" (one of my all-time favorite songs, period),
went through "Holiday", "Wicked Annabella" and the five songs from the
EP, before closing with "She Goes to Bed". On that song, the members of
Travis came out and backed up Jason, which really punched up the song. I
thought that was a nice tribute from the headliners to the opening act,
but late in the Travis set, Fran Healy went into a bit about how much
the guys in Travis revere Jason as a musician. "He can play anything!"
Healy brogued. "Give him a paper clip and he can make music. Jason is
just amazing."
I came away from the show also appreciating Travis more than I had.
Their rather sleepy CDs are nice, melodic half-way points between
Radiohead and Coldplay, but live they really came out with some good
energy and played a very fun show. Healy came out for the first encore
and had the techs turn off the house sound system, so he could do
"Flowers in the Window" acoustic, with no mikes, to a near capacity
house of probably 1400. It was a very cool concert moment...
Joe Field
http://FlyingColorsComics.com
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