Oh Boy

Having never seen Emilie Mover for years after buying one of her album, it's odd to see her for the 4th time in last two months. But I had free tickets for a concert at The Great Hall on Thursday.

Not that I'm complaining. I enjoyed listening to her languid voice on Tell Me Why, Fishes, Alex and other songs. The sit-down and well-behaved audience was also perfect for her low-key approach. She didn't make as many non sequitur jokes as at her album release, but she did reveal an amusing anecdote after True Love. After hours filming a video where she had to play the E chord, this seems to have stuck. Because it lately all her new songs resolve back to this chord, even against her wishes. "Just like some men", she wryly noted, "Chords and men. Be careful."

The head-liner was Boy, a band composed of two women based out of Hamburg. They had a 3rd: a guitarist who also pedaled a small bass drum now and then. Given their origins, they were reminiscent of First Aid Kit. But whereas the latter veered more toward folk and americana, these two were more in the mold of confessional story-telling indie pop (Waitress). They charmed the crowd with their accented English. And singing in a second language also showed in lyrics where they employed phrasing and near rhymes that native speakers may not employ, often to interesting and pleasing effects. They ended the night with their clap-a-long break-out hit Little Numbers and played The Black Keys' Lonely Boy for the encore.