Highly I had anticipated that night. For once, one could look forward to two bands' joint gig, whose style and aesthetics make a brilliant match - or so I thought at least. We are talking about Finland's Atmospheric Rock Masters The Chant and the hopeful SynthPop newcomer Rain Diary, whose common live-performance was hosted by the acclaimed venue Bar Loose in the heart of Helsinki. Things often turn out different than expected though, and so the night made me first and foremost realize that I had been wrong. In fact, I had been nursing (and heavily promoting) a major misunderstanding with regard to those bands.
GOOD VIBES DESPITE DESPERATE TUNES
YOUNG IN SPIRIT
BAND WITHOUT A FIGUREHEAD
In any case, The Chant turned out once again as a reliable force of providing a guided audio-visual trip away from everyday life - they are for sure the masters of their own reality, and it is difficult to not get into their grip. Also, the two new songs "The Falling Kind" and"Playwright" sounded amazing, and surprisingly catchy at times. But when it comes to warmth and bonding with a band, Rain Diarywere - even though not nearly as professional and tight as The Chant - the winners that evening. And I for one will rather remember the smiles that Tytti Kallioniemi and Tommi Suomala traded repeatedly when fucking up "By the Water" than the flawless musical performance of Meastro Hämäläinen and his band. After all, it is called live concert - in my humble opinion, musicians - no matter of which genre - should make an effort to act upon that. When watching a band live on stage, I'd rather want to see smiles than statues. Even if that's quite un-Finnish after all.
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