The Blow

I was first made aware of The Blow by a Nicolas Jaar rework of a wonderful song called ‘Hey Boy’, which since listening to made me a fan of both The Blow and Nicolas Jaar. The Blow is made up of Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne, although you only see Khaela, Melissa must have been in a back room full of lots of buttons making magic happen, but they seem epitomise the intimate gig for me. From funny little anecdotes and stories in between songs, subtle and peculiar dance moves, to even the song structure of a number of tracks, which seems to lend a hand to the intimate, with pauses in the music to greater pronounce an important lyric.
I was excited to see the blow live because I wanted to know how the sometimes tongue in cheek and sometimes misdirected sentimentalism would be recreated live and it was brilliant. Khaela operates at an interesting level between unembarrassable and pride and I found it touching and comforting to see it in front of me.
My utmost favourite song ‘Come on Petunia,’ which shares a few lyrics with The Police song ‘Every Little Thing,’ was probably my highlight of the evening, not only in terms of the energy of the crowd but Khaela seemed so well practiced she appeared to bring more energy to it herself.