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Friday, March 1, 2013
Tonight / 206 Hey Marseilles: A Band You Can Bring Home to Your Parents
Posted by Emily Nokes on Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:54 AM
(Showbox at the Market) The lads of Hey Marseilles make elegant folk pop that swells triumphantly in between stripped-down side hugs of piano or simple guitar. Matt Bishop's vocals are made of crystal and ring earnest in their storytelling (the yearning!), backed by masterful musicianship—bowed string instruments, sometimes bells, sometimes brass (and even accordion in there, why not?). It's a familiar sound, but it's not trite, which is the pit that other attempts often tumble into. Most importantly, these boys are certainly a band you could take home to your parents—your mom would be charmed by their impeccable hair, and your father would let them drink his fancy Scotch. This is HM's album-release show for their newest, Lines We Trace.
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