Live review from The Underground Winter Festival (冬季音樂祭) Day 2 @ The Fringe Club:
Mario
Misty blue
Rainman
Gps
Tanya
Bumbumbum
Bossanova
Thirteen
Marvin- Vocal
Issah- Guitar
Kit- Bass
Ben- Drums
Leo – tambourinist/backup vocal
Misty Blue Banana is an excellent band. Even if they had not been concluding a festival full of fantastic bands, it would still have been worth staying past 1 to see them. Despite the late slot, their energy was phenomenal, with a special shoutout to Leo, who very effectively kept up the energy of the set by terrorising the crowd. Frontman Marvin is immensely talented, as are the rest of the band, but together they create an intense blend of high energy rap with funky instrumentation.
There’s hardly moment to rest during their set, the band pushing themselves and sustaining the energy despite how hard they’re sweating. At some point during the set I blinked and drummer Ben was shirtless. Good for him. He’s certainly earned it as he is clearly incredibly talented, as without him, several songs would not have built momentum so efficiently. Within a set full of songs that deliver lines to us at rapid pace, GPS is a song with an impressively fast, almost relentlessly paced spare some moments for the band to catch their breaths. Kit on Bass and Issah on Guitar shine especially in this song. Another highlight was Bumbumbum, imprinted in my head as “the sex song”. Their final track Thirteen was by far my favourite, an excellently written song, which is a real testament to the quality of this song considering how strong the rest of their set was. Not only are they talented, but the band is clearly dedicated to improving themselves, and I highly recommend everyone to start listening to them now, as they’re only going to get better. I look forward to their future tours.
-Ash B
