Emilie & Ogden
Metropolis
Montreal 01-04-2016
The opening act for the first of four sold out Half Moon Run show was Emilie & Ogden, her harp.
I had listened to her album 2-3 times since she released it in 2015 and I thought it was a good album, but seeing her live was something else. I never thought I would say this, but I quickly realized that a group with the main focus is the harp can actually rock really hard with the help of her drummer and her bassist.
Her performance was splendid on the harp, her voice sounded perfect, the bass was loud, Ogden was top notch and it was a show to remember as it was heavy and intense.
The crowd seemed to really appreciate the show as well and everyone was cheering hard after each song until they saluted us goodbye only to come back at the end of the Half Moon Run performance like she told us she did during her previous tour with them where she was shining again.
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Half Moon Run
Metropolis
01/04/2016
The first of four Half Moon Run shows at the Metropolis was an event to remember and to share with others. From the moment the group stepped on the stage to the last second of the show, the crowd was supercharged as if a boy band was playing in front of them and girls were going nuts except that everyone was going nuts, loudest I've seen a crowd, and it was a rock band from Montreal playing for us. The band was obviously really happy to be here in front of this crowd at home with their parents cheering and dancing from the VIP section. I've rarely seen so much excitement at a show from the crowd. I felt quite old with the college kids that formed 95% of the crowd.
The members of the group are excellent musicians and it was easy to appreciate it through the solo performances that they were giving each one at a time during the songs that they played sometimes with their guitars sometimes with the harmonica or the keyboards, but they were also joined by numerous other musicians who were playing violin, cello, traverse flute, piano and keyboards. Speaking of the soloes on harmonica and guitar, I can say that they were intense and had a huge reaction from the crowd. There was even a moment when the singer started playing with his mouth on his guitar while on his knees and it was something to remember.
Half Moon Run is playing with 2 drum sets on stage at all times and it can be heard during the whole show and really brings the beats and the songs to a different level of energy.
These showmen played 21 songs last night that ranged from intense rock, to folk rock, dance-electro, fast and slower songs to bring intensity down a little bit only to restart strong. The singer had a great voice, but I couldn't see him much to their setting which placed the singer behind the speakers on the left of the stage, unfortunately,which was the only issue I had last night during this amazing set.
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Scenically they are doing great things with the lights using LED posts, colorful lights and intense spotlights that basically made me close my eyes as they blinded me, but as a whole the lights enhanced the songs. They highlighted the crowd often with main lights to see the reaction. Moreover, Half Moon Run surprised everyone with 5 seconds of an intense blast of white steam coming from the top of the stage towards the crowd which was quite impressive and gave me no time to react to take a picture since I was frozen for a few seconds.
They finished the show with everyone on stage and including Emily (without Ogden) to sing the last song with them. It was a really nice moment to wrap things up and say goodbye.
A show to remember for sure!
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