Friday, March 4, 2016

Harry And The Potters - Live at the New York Public Library

Genre: Wizard Rock

Year: 2011

Live at the New York Public Library cover art



"Harry potter and the punk-aesthetics” huh? What perfect synergy!

Who would have known? Harry and the Potters are a trillion times better as a live act, than as recording artists. It turns out that the cure for off-pitch harmonies and horrible generic pop-melodies is simply a little bit of that good old rock & roll attitude.

The Potters are giving their audience all they got in this performance, whether it’s wild rants (“Saving Ginny Weasley”) or sonic attacks (“ Keeping Secrets From Me”)They even got a brass band in for their last perfomances, which lends actual musicianship to the otherwise amateurish Degeorge Brothers, ending the concert with an fitting full-band finale.

Enjoyable really, the atmosphere is so thrilling that we are able to forget the horrible songwriting and the lack of musical talent. Hardcore punk opener “Harry Potter” is defiantly pushing the gears, and we even get some nice sing-alongs of the more goofy nature (“Accio Hagrid”).

But to be honest there are too many missteps, and when the song doesn’t work, it really doesn’t work. These moments are so tedious, that even if some tracks get you pumped up, you are sure to fall of your broom and fall to the dark powers of Lord Voldemort. Still:

This is a triumph in Wrock, despite all the detours! And I really wanna see them live, as soon as possible!

3/5

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