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Last
night at Café Du Nord Greg Loiacono and his rock band SENSATIONS tore
through an hour of thoroughly enjoyable, thoroughly unique rock songs.
They were sandwiched nicely between The Moore Brothers and David Immergluck's
Monks of Doom slot. Greg's band, SENSATIONS has been on the scene a
couple years now, but are now really hitting their stride. While Greg
sings and plays guitar, the wonderful, Paul Hoaglin
provides the bass lines and of course lends his magical vocals, while
Todd Roper creates a near cinematic feel on his drums with his nuanced
soft playing, which can turn powerful in one quick flourish. With their
vast experience in music as individuals, yet their chemistry as a band,
they are nimble and light yet full and heavy. And while Greg's 2003
EP,Purgatory, is more stoney and meandering, the SENSATIONS unit
is focussed, polished and rock and much more accessible to the
casual listener.
Last night's set was a nice smattering of
their tunes from their forthcoming album, which will be out in October.
The songs are all fantastic in nature -- tales of ghosts, incredible and brave men, seaward sons and
wayward sailors. They opened their short set with Seaward Son and ripped through
songs like Incredible Man, He's Brave, This All According to You, a new surf-y song, and closed it out with This Could Be Your Night (rock version). On this final tune, Greg broke a string on his tele, so he switched guitars,
and went on to tune up his new guitar during
the song while Paul and Todd patiently held the it together. Once tuned
with new
guitar he cranked it up for a loud, macho solo flurry that ended the
set.
The dance floor was filled with old time friends of Greg and the Hips
and new fans alike. After their set, the band grabbed their
gear and disappeared off the stage as quickly as
they had appeared. We heartily look forward to their debut record this
Fall.
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