Skipping Girl Vinegar, Charlie Mayfair @ Old Museum, Brisbane (24/06/2011)
Brisbane’s Old Museum is a darling venue that seems to be picking up the slack left by the closure of The Troubadour, hosting smaller indies and local muso’s within it’s historic walls. The intimate crowd in attendance for Skipping Girl Vinegar were treated to a civilized set up with tables and chairs, crushed pear cider and mood lighting.
Opening for Skipping Girl Vinegar were young Brisbanites Charlie Mayfair, a six piece whose family members seemed to form a large part of the audience. Taking their look from Julia Stone and Marcus Mumford, this group performed tuneful, harmonious songs that had just the right amount of Irish folk influence. The impressive set was wrapped up with a track from their upcoming debut album called Blue Water and featured a spectacular display of vocal harmony and heavy percussion. The enthusiasm of this young troop was palpable and they swept the audience up with their vigor.
As the audience waited patiently, Skipping Girl Vinegar carefully transformed the stage into the set of a twee Zooey Deschanel film, complete with starry lighting, cutouts of woodland creatures and a rotary dial telephone. It’s clear these guys put as much thought into the presentation of their music as the music itself and this was further proven when bassist Sare Lang spoke of her brother Mark’s sleepless nights obsessing over the width of the cord for the library bag which houses the new album.
Skipping Girl Vinegar are the kind of band that you just want to take home with you. Their heartfelt, honest music was interspersed with friendly banter and homemade lemon slice. The tracks from their newly released album Keep Calm, Carry The Monkey were very well received, especially crowd favorite Wasted. Hell Out of Town was another standout amongst the new tracks, however it was older numbers Sift the Noise and One Chance that really got the crowd moving in their seats. For the Kumbayah style sing-a-long of River Road, the band ditched the mic’s and gave us a full acoustic experience, one that I won’t forget in a long while.
Playing the closing track off the sophomore LP, Heart Does Ache for the encore, Mark Lang relayed the story behind the track, conceived following the death of his grandparents. Recorded in Canada, the band were luck enough to have Ron Sexsmith lend his vox to the recording, however, sung live the song is just as haunting.
As much as I want SGV’s popularity to thrive, I can’t imagine this beautiful intimacy translating as well to a large audience and after sharing a chat and some slice with Mark at the end of the night I get the feeling they are completely happy with their indie cred.
Kirsty Visman
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Opening for Skipping Girl Vinegar were young Brisbanites Charlie Mayfair, a six piece whose family members seemed to form a large part of the audience. Taking their look from Julia Stone and Marcus Mumford, this group performed tuneful, harmonious songs that had just the right amount of Irish folk influence. The impressive set was wrapped up with a track from their upcoming debut album called Blue Water and featured a spectacular display of vocal harmony and heavy percussion. The enthusiasm of this young troop was palpable and they swept the audience up with their vigor.
As the audience waited patiently, Skipping Girl Vinegar carefully transformed the stage into the set of a twee Zooey Deschanel film, complete with starry lighting, cutouts of woodland creatures and a rotary dial telephone. It’s clear these guys put as much thought into the presentation of their music as the music itself and this was further proven when bassist Sare Lang spoke of her brother Mark’s sleepless nights obsessing over the width of the cord for the library bag which houses the new album.
Skipping Girl Vinegar are the kind of band that you just want to take home with you. Their heartfelt, honest music was interspersed with friendly banter and homemade lemon slice. The tracks from their newly released album Keep Calm, Carry The Monkey were very well received, especially crowd favorite Wasted. Hell Out of Town was another standout amongst the new tracks, however it was older numbers Sift the Noise and One Chance that really got the crowd moving in their seats. For the Kumbayah style sing-a-long of River Road, the band ditched the mic’s and gave us a full acoustic experience, one that I won’t forget in a long while.
Playing the closing track off the sophomore LP, Heart Does Ache for the encore, Mark Lang relayed the story behind the track, conceived following the death of his grandparents. Recorded in Canada, the band were luck enough to have Ron Sexsmith lend his vox to the recording, however, sung live the song is just as haunting.
As much as I want SGV’s popularity to thrive, I can’t imagine this beautiful intimacy translating as well to a large audience and after sharing a chat and some slice with Mark at the end of the night I get the feeling they are completely happy with their indie cred.
Kirsty Visman
Check out the full photo gallery here!