Liquorice Night

6th Jun 07
Liquorice Night Hear

What:
Liquorice Night

Who:
Sly Hats

Where:
Missing Link, Basement, 405 Bourke St, Melbourne

On:
Nervous Jerk / Remote Control

MySpace:
here

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Geoff O'Connor interview

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Geoff O'Connor is a pop maverick who looks like a librarian. As frontman for The Crayon Fields he's taken pop perfectionism of the ‘60s variety to sepulchral extremes on the acclaimed Animal Bells album and now his solo project offers up a new dimension in sound.

Liquorice Night is tense and tropical - instead of a drum kit there's found percussion, chimes and glockenspiel, helping frame a set of songs that suggest a lounge feel but have too many emotional speed bumps for such easy classification.

With the lights dimmed, it's more dangerous: O'Connor is more about Bacharach than the bacchanal - his protagonists on the likes of ‘Someone To Dress Up For' and ‘Vampire Sips' reflect on their distress instead of being overwhelmed by it, while his love songs come with the caveat that a great songwriter is always watching for their next moment of inspiration. With the cream of the Melbourne underground on session duty, Liquorice Night puts the tang in Tangiers.

By Mess + Noise

Release: Album

To Cure: A broken heart

Keywords: Pop, Bands, Sly Hats

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