Kings of Convenience

Disclaimer: I'm not attempting to review this professionally. Just a layman giving my comments.

 Erlend Øye introduced this song, in tribute to Alex Chilton. Any cover sang from his velvety voice will rule my world.

Kings of Convenience was lovely. When they materialized on stage, I was momentarily stunned. *rubs eyes* *opens eyes* Mental process: Oh my, they are really here. It's them! *unusual bout of fan girlism*

I really appreciated the way the Mosaic organizers blocked up the back of the stage to lend intimacy to the setting. Talking to others who attended Mosaic as well, I heard they did the same for Vashti Bunyan too. I like that very much. The pricing of tickets were very students-friendly as well.

The manner in which Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe speak and sing in English is really different. I kind of understand what the Pitchfork reviewer meant when he used "stiff" to describe their pronunciation. You can sense that they are still more comfortable with Norwegian. "We're speaking to our Norwegian sound engineer!" (No Jie Jie, you have Korean already, you're not going to learn Norwegian for the sake of them at the expense of your sleep, you silly girl!). It makes me wonder why not sing in Norwegian? Wouldn't that bring their music to a whole new level? I was wondering whether many artists compromise on their music to gain higher access to the masses, given the universality of the English Language.

The concert proved the compatibility of their voices.  This has been an overused phrase but they really are "two soft voices blended in perfection." (from Homesick)

A snippet of Erik's thoughts were revealed too. I like to view artistes as living breathing entities whose thoughts are expressed in many other forms other than their music. (That's why concerts are important, Mummy). He said that it didn't seem like 4 years since he last came. It felt like 2 to him, the reason being that 1 year when you're 10 is 10% of your life whereas 1/34 of life is just...less ("I haven't done the math but you get what I mean.")

I found the audience slightly uptight, even for an acoustic concert. They had to make us stand up and snap and clap along for the more upbeat songs like I'd Rather Dance with You.Ooh I like their slightly different take of Love is No Big Truth. They invited the female voices to fill in for Feist for Know-How. "Oh, what is there to know? All this is what it is. Oh you and me alone. Sheer simplicity." 

Bravo. (: