hey marseilles

i've found a great band i want to watch grow up:  hey marseilles.  a group of five guys from seattle, they interchange vocals, guitars, keyboard, viola and cello seemingly effortlessly and have a lot of fun in the process.

i heard them at mississippi studios and the opening band was a group from los angeles called wildling who also had some fun rhythms going on.  i would say as a crowd, we were a fairly clean-cut group of all ages, ranging from 20-somethings to retirees, which i found to be an interesting aspect of the event.

turns out the lead singer for hey marseilles is the cousin of a friend of mine, so that was a fun small-world connection too.

i think my favorite part of their music was the interchange of the strings.  i found myself mesmerized watching the cellist's fingers and identifying with the violist as he and his instrument danced together.

for more about them, see www.heymarseilles.com