Thursday, September 14, 2017

TypeWriter's New EP & DIIV

TypeWriter doing their groove.

TypeWriter (Singapore)

Managed to squeeze in two gigs over the final busy weekend of SIFA happenings. Didn't take much to decide going to the launch of TypeWriter's new five-song EP 'What You're Feeling Is Not Enough' over Dashboard Confessional's gig (with a full band instead of just Chris Carrabba. Haizzzz.).

While TypeWriter's indie pop-rock songs aren't quite my cup of tea, they're quite an easy introduction to a decent example of local sounds. They apparently have a new one titled 'The Golden Mile' that isn't in this EP, but it would go into their next EP. Yeah they played it. It's kinda cool that they stuck it out through their day jobs to keep writing, for nothing else but a love of the music. It was a pretty fun night.


DIIV (Brooklyn, New York City, USA)

Not like I'm a big fan of DIIV, but I didn't mind checking them out live once. It's just less motivating to do so when ticket prices are S$60 here instead of the super reasonable range in Seattle which we very much appreciate. In fact, I only bought a ticket (online) on the morning of the scheduled gig.

Led by Zachary Cole Smith, the five-piece Brooklyn band has like, two albums- 'Oshin' (2012) and 'Is The Is Are' (2016). It was a short 80-minute set. Went with zero expectations and came away feeling okay. It wasn't the best show, but it was decent.

At least the venue didn't suck. It was held at The Pavilion at Far East Square. We were skeptical about it. All that glass. The sound system was pared down, but it seemed to work for the venue. The band sounded good live, much better than what I heard over the earphones.

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