SBT (SARABETH TUCET)/MATANDROB
Musician Pub 24th January 2024
Another night at The Musician Pub, and this one was a bit of a punt, as I knew nothing about either band playing...
First up was a guitar/vocals and drum duo called MATANDROB. They started off quite low key and it didn't change... the guitarist/singer sang in a slightly nasal almost falsetto voice and i have no idea what he was singing while the guitar playing didn't excite. The drummer continued to plod along with him. There was no light or shade in the performance and absolutely no rapport with the audience... both men looked totally disinterested throughout and barely acknowledged the audience, no chat between songs other than a single mumbled thank you and announcing this will be out last song. Even when thanking SBT and the band for lending the equipment they didn't appear to know the bands name.
Sad to say... but this was the most unremittingly dismal depressing set i have heard for many a long year.
After a relatively short break, on came the SBT band, who greeted the audience and looked set to deliver a show. Once they were ready SBT (Sarabeth Tucek) joined them on stage and stepped up to the microphone.
The band were superb, driven by a rock steady bass and a fine drummer who hit the drums at times with huge force, and played excellently throughout. The other musician played guitar, both electric and 12 string acoustic and a keyboard player who used keyboards and mellotron as well as contributing electric guitar at some point., For me the band was at its best when the guitar led accompanied by keyboard
SBT has a fine voice but part of the time her vocals were rather muffled so i couldn't make out the lyrics, while at other times her voice was light and clear and very appealing. Again, other than introducing the band members towards the end there was no chat between pieces. This was a real curates egg of a performance... overall I enjoyed it, but while some passages were outstandingly good, others were far less so.
Overall pretty good perfromance but nothing to inspire seeing the band again
Not one of the great nights at the Musician!
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