(2019) Marlon Williams - Live at Auckland Town Hall [FLAC,Tracks]

(2019) Marlon Williams - Live at Auckland Town Hall





Review:

The first concert album from the award-winning New Zealander, Live at Auckland Town Hall is the non-studio follow-up to Marlon Williams‘ acclaimed (and heavy-hearted) sophomore LP, Make Way for Love, which was penned in the wake of a breakup with fellow Kiwi crooner Aldous Harding. Recorded during his 2018 tour in support of the album, a year that also saw him make his film debut with a brief role and performance in Bradley Cooper’s remake of A Star Is Born, the 21-song set was recorded during a sold-out show at the historic hall. With his backing group the Yarra Benders providing both nuance and firepower, Williams commences with the lovelorn “Come to Me,” the first cut off of Make Way for Love. While much of the performance is spent parsing through highlights from that album and his 2016 debut, Williams and company find some time to indulge in a few choice covers, including soulful takes on Yoko Ono’s “Nobody Sees Me Like You Do” and Lhasa de Sela’s “Is Anything Wrong,” among others. However, it’s his originals that pack the most punch, with highlights arriving via the austere, Jeff Buckley-esque “When I Was a Young Girl” and the cosmically sad duet “Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore,” the latter of which sees bassist Ben Woolley admirably take on Aldous Harding’s role. A precocious balladeer, Williams is an old soul. Outside of the rollicking “Party Boy,” there’s nothing particularly kinetic about the show, but he achieves a level of gravitas throughout that evokes the Everly Brothers by way of Scott Walker, which is pretty impressive for a twentysomething.











Tracklist:

01 - Come to Me

02 - I Know a Jeweller

03 - Everyone's Got Something to Say

04 - Beautiful Dress

05 - I Didn't Make a Plan

06 - The Fire of Love

07 - Is Anything Wrong

08 - Can I Call You

09 - Dark Child

10 - I'm Lost Without You

11 - Nobody Sees Me Like You Do

12 - What's Chasing You

13 - Party Boy

14 - Carried Away

15 - Vampire Again

16 - Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore

17 - Make Way for Love

18 - Love Is a Terrible Thing

19 - Goodnight

20 - Portrait of a Man

21 - When I Was a Young Girl





Summary:

Country: New Zealand

Genre: indie-folk





Media Report:

Source: CD

Format: FLAC

Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM

Bit rate mode: Variable

Bit rate: ~ 789-952 Kbps

Channel(s): 2 channels

Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz

Bit depth: 16 bits