Sunday, May 9, 2010

Space Capone - CD RELEASE w/ Mikky Ekko @ Mercy Lounge 5/7/10

Everyone crammed into the Mercy Lounge last Friday for an experience that can only be had in Nashville. While I was standing there enjoying the sounds and anticipating the glory of Space Capone, I realized that there are very few places on earth where you can have a musical experience similar to this one; one that is representative of such a high level of creativity and originality.
Leading off the night with Mikky Ekko is one of the best ways if not the best way to have a night begin. His soaring vocals on numerous songs had the crowd singing along and moving to his voice and exceptionally tight band. As Mikky continued to tastefully hit note after note in song after song and the evening grew slightly later, the Mercy Lounge was nearly, if not totally, sold out.
With Mikky's set coming to an end, the anticipation was killing me. I was so excited to hear the new material and knew that it would be incredible. As always Space Capone delivered a show that was above and beyond anything that I could have expected to hear. While taking heavy influences from the era of funk, Space Capone is able to make every song original, fun, and memorable. I am constantly finding myself saying to my friends, "no wait, this is my favorite song." In addition to now having fallen in love with all of the new tunes live, the new album has several previously unrecorded tracks that have been staples of the Space Capone live show for awhile now in addition to having some that were unveiled at the release show. The other great thing about this show was that with the entry price to the show was built in the cost of an album, so everyone in there walked out with a copy of the stellar new record.

Space Capone is playing next on May 17th at the Mercy Lounge 8 off 8th Road to Bonnaroo.

Also, I believe their new record can be purchased at Grimey's.

www.myspace.com/spacecapone

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