Audrye Sessions and Wild Sweet Orange have spent the month of October sharing shows. With a few more shows left on the schedule, their tour will be capped of a showcase at CMJ with both bands, Margot And The Nuclear So And So’s, Love As Laughter, and Cory Chisel.
Tuesday, October 14, brought Audrey Sessions back to their home in the San Francisco Bay Area for a show at Great American Music Hall with Wild Sweet Orange and Poor Bailey. The Oakland band was celebrating the release of their self-titled EP.
This evening belonged to Audrye Sessions. As the opening chords of “Turn Me Off” cut through the now full audience, the Oakland band blasted their way through an energetic set. The band’s sound grabbed the audience, held them by the shoulders and shuck them to each beat.
The Bay Area band mixes Britpop with an experimental, melodic indie rock sound. Lead singer Ryan Karazija sites the Beatles, Radiohead, Oasis, and Sigur Ros among his influences. Those bands can be heard in the layered sound of Audrye Sessions. The normal four-piece band was accompanied by as many as 4 additional musicians during the set. Multiple guitars, keyboards, trombone, cello, and violin added to the already diverse music.
Throughout the set, they played all four tracks of their self-titled EP, which was officially released the same day. The EP has a bombastic sound, but the band’s live performance was full of subtleties and bulging dynamics. Their EP is a tease of the band’s upcoming full-length album, but this live show suggested that the early 2009 release will be both a powerful and emotive record.
stand out tracks: "new year's day," "restless," and "julianna."
record label: black seal
genre: indie/brit pop influence
website: myspace link
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