The Upcoming
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Cinema
      • Movie reviews
      • Film festivals
    • Food & Drinks
      • News & Features
      • Restaurant & bar reviews
      • Interviews & Recipes
    • Literature
    • Music
      • Live music
    • Theatre
    • Shows & On demand
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
  • What’s On
    • Art exhibitions
    • Theatre shows
  • Tickets
  • Join us
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Fund us
    • Contact us
  • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Special events
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Tribeca
      • Cannes
      • Sundance London
      • Venice
      • London
      • Toronto
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • Tumblr

  • RSS


CultureMusicLive music

Mondegreen Trio at Sink Pong Blueberry Bar

Mondegreen Trio at Sink Pong Blueberry Bar | Live review
26 July 2017
Bill Kacir
Avatar
Bill Kacir
26 July 2017

Music review

Bill Kacir

Mondegreen Trio at Sink Pong Blueberry Bar

★★★★★

Links

Twitter Facebook Instagram Soundcloud No website

The refreshingly talented up-and-coming band Mondegreen Trio will have one believe they play folk music, however, at Sink Pong Blueberry Bar in Shoreditch they proved how diverse a group they can be. It is true that folk music is their inspiration, except they have crafted their own variety of it: a melodious blend of guitar and voices singing in perfect harmonies, in what is truly a hauntingly moving sound (think Fleet Foxes meets The Staves).

Amidst the simple inviting ambience of a few coloured spotlights on the intimate stage in this trendy Shoreditch bar, Mondegreen Trio introduced their opener, and latest single, Sandcastles, which epitomises succinctly their sound: vocal harmonies accompanied by soothing guitar. Their music grabs you, but it’s their masterful songwriting and lyrics that really capture. Tracks like Brother and Watch Over You are crowd-pleasers, beginning soft and slow before building to an explosion of rhythm and energy, and enraptured applause.

It’s songs like Grace and Kaleidoscope that cement the group’s place as a serious talent to watch. The former, a rhetorical question to a lover, with a single guitar, a tambourine, and three men pouring their hearts out stylishly through their microphones; and the latter, their finishing number: a wildly emotive feel-good tune, fixing a nostalgic eye at youth, that brings about two things: goosebumps and approval.

Not buying into the modern music trend of ambiguous band names, Mondegreen Trio consists of just that: a trio. Adam Gillian, Sam Firth, and Gonçalo Almeida, all exceptional musicians in their own right, lend their collective expertise to craft songs with meaning. Their personalities are joyous and humorous, and their music vividly entertaining, making them a band to watch in the coming years.

★★★★★

Bill Kacir
Photo: Ellie Helm

For further information and future events visit the Mondegreen Trio Facebook page here.

Listen to Sandcastles here:

Related Itemslive musicreview

More in Live music

Justin Nozuka at the Garage

★★★★★
Bev Lung
Read More

Tokio Myers at the Forum

★★★★★
Daniel Amir
Read More

Lisa Stansfield at the London Palladium

★★★★★
Adrian Peel
Read More

Hinds at Electric Brixton

★★★★★
Jake Cudsi
Read More

Gregory Porter at the Royal Albert Hall

★★★★★
Ed Edwards
Read More

Bastille at the Royal Albert Hall

★★★★★
Selina Begum
Read More

The Vaccines and Whenyoung at Alexandra Palace

★★★★★
Musanna Ahmed
Read More

John Barrowman and Seth Rudetsky at Leicester Square Theatre

★★★★★
Bev Lung
Read More

Alela Diane at Union Chapel

★★★★★
Cristiana Ferrauti
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Music review

Bill Kacir

Mondegreen Trio at Sink Pong Blueberry Bar

★★★★★

Links

Twitter Facebook Instagram Soundcloud No website

Tickets

Theatre tickets

  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • Project Gastronomía: How will Londoners eat in 2050? A symposium on gastronomy and multisensory design
    Food & Drinks
  • Gregory Porter at the Royal Albert Hall
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Bat Out of Hell at the Dominion Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Tribeca Film Festival 2018: On the red carpet with the stars of Westworld season 2
    Cinema
  • Half Breed
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • 10 cute sandals for spring
    Fashion & Lifestyle
  • Justin Nozuka at the Garage
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Mayfly at the Orange Tree Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Sherlock Gnomes premiere: A chat with James McAvoy, his co-stars and the film’s creators
    Cinema
  • The Outsider
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Sherlock Gnomes premiere: A chat with James McAvoy, his co-stars and the film’s creators
    Cinema
  • Tokio Myers at the Forum
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Beast
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Lisa Stansfield at the London Palladium
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Bat Out of Hell at the Dominion Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre

Instagram

Something is wrong. Response takes too long or there is JS error. Press Ctrl+Shift+J or Cmd+Shift+J on a Mac.
The Upcoming
Pages
  • Contact us
  • Fund us
  • Join mailing list
  • Join us
  • New London restaurant openings and pop-ups
  • Our London food map
  • Our writers
  • Subscribe
  • What, when, why

Copyright © 2018 FL Media Ltd

The Marriage of Kim K at Arcola Theatre | Theatre review
Trinity in Clapham: A perfect neighbourhood restaurant | Restaurant review