![]() ![]() Mark Barry's drumsticks snapped against the rim, sounding like tap shoes shuffling across a wooden floor, on "We Went Wild." Within a few minutes, "Wild" was swaying with Caribbean pop rhythms, a pinch reminiscent of Peter Gabriel, and an exasperated, twitchy Schneider had lost his hat. The band's precious approach bloomed nicely on "Earth," the effect lingering into "The Man Who Lives Forever." But the third song in the set, "I Will Be Back One Day," sounded like more of the same, and more déjà vu moments followed over the 73-minute run-time.įortunately, there were some brief changes of weather. But Lord Huron is no less cinematic it just attains its widescreen sweep in less conventional ways, like the distant hum of Schneider's harmonica on "The Ghost on the Shore."īut even a lovely rain, after a while, becomes a drip. The song, like many found on the Los Angeles-based band's 2012 full-length debut "Lonesome Dreams," is prettier, dreamier, than other star folk acts - Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers - whose music is similarly reminiscent of a romantic, long-ago era. Initially joined by the slightly Spanish strumming of acoustic guitar, "Earth" live evoked images of an expansive, unspoiled Western frontier under a night sky, and that was before the giddyup of heroic electric guitar and adventure-seeking drums. The first drops metaphorically fell for "Ends of the Earth," with the harmonic yodeling of frontman Ben Schneider with guitarists and backing vocalists Tom Renaud and Karl Kerfoot. The effect was a fitting metaphor - not so much because Lord Huron is like a storm, although a brewing buzz did prompt a venue change from Turner Hall Ballroom to the larger Pabst (which neared capacity).īut the band, live and on record, is similar to a cleansing rain. The recorded sound of a thunderstorm rumbling in the darkness of the Pabst Theater Wednesday preceded the arrival of Lord Huron's debut Milwaukee performance. ![]()
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