He continued on with his set alternating between songs from his new EP and his 2015 EP. Tor talked about his memories growing up in New York City and traveling with friends. The songs sounded good, but nothing that got the crowd dancing or moving. He opened with “All Fall Down” and then “Midnight,” both of which are off his new EP. He closed his opening set with a one of his original songs, but with the audience snapping and clapping the beats in substitution of any instruments or tracks, which was a unique experience and left the crowd intrigued. He was talented, funny, and extremely casual with the crowd. The opener, Sean Miller who is also the lead guitarist in Tor’s band, played a short set. I settled for an okay spot off to the side, mostly because I did not want to fight for a better view against the competitive-looking girls holding their spots inches from the grand piano that Tor Miller would soon play. Miller had just released an EP titled American English, which subsequently led him on tour.Īfter waiting for doors to open 40 minutes after they were supposed to, the short line waiting to get into the Red Room at Cafe 939 quickly filled up with fans attempting to get as close to the stage as possible.
The most thrilling thing about Tor Miller with the advantage of time is that he might well have found it.I had decided to go to Tor Miller because his music and a small venue sounded like a good place to spend a Thursday evening. There s a key moment in prior single Midnight when, with the backing vocals rising to a tumult behind him, Tor sings Calling out, calling out for something true. His music has soul, and his performance has a range, depth and scale. The ongoing glut of actually very good singer-songwriters will never become a fallow stable, but Tor has leap-frogged that pen and positioned himself comfortably on the outside, looking above and beyond its obvious limitations. It s a song I m hugely proud of.Īmbitious, then, but not misplaced. I can hear it on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury as the weekend closes.
I wanted it to sound like Bruce Springsteen covering Purple Rain (which he recently did, weirdly enough). I wanted Stampede to end on a what the hell happened there?! moment. Like many great albums do, the album closes on a beauty, and Tor s current favourite called Stampede.
0 kommentar(er)
