The LK @ Rehab 3/26

Wednesday nights are not my big nights of partying. I'm not in college anymore you see and I just can't seem to get those early starts on the weekend like I used to love doing. But this past Wednesday night found me jumping between to clubs trying to squeeze in a couple of bands I haven't seen yet. The second band I saw on Thursday night was Port O'Brien who really didn't do much for me live except give me a feeling of what a jam band show would be like these days and make me wish Pianos hadn't put in a back bar. But before I went over to Pianos I was at Midway catching the latest in the line of Swedish acts - The LK.

Now I will not hide the fact that I was at this show thanks to one song ("Private Life of a Cat"), they did not play that song, and I was sorely disappointed because of that, but everything else about The LK on Wednesday night reeked of a well trained pop act sent here to garner our unrestricted adulation. Their set was short, and came with a few technical problems, but nothing to get all uptight and snooty about, I'll leave that for someone else. Instead, I'd like to rave about the fantastic pop songs these two guys are writing and the way they sound live.

Live it sounds as if they are a fairly well rehearsed band, they know what the other one is doing and they know what it should sound like. I may not be correct on that, but it at least sounds like they practice all the time and know their shit. The songs are just great little pop sagas, full of synths, and drums, and some guitars, and trumpet, and harmonies, and man is there a heck of a lot going on from just two guys! I was throughly impressed, so much so that I bought the CD right there on the spot which is getting rarer and rarer by the day in these parts (hey, I'm broke give me a break!). You should really check this band out today!!!
The LK - "Private Life of a Cat"