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The second opener was called Codeine Velvet Club and it also featured a female leading lady, but collaboratively, as there was a guy singing lead vocals at the same time. The band, which had horn sections and classic guitar riffs, had a great 50’s feel, but with a bit of an edgy hard rock twist. They weren’t spectacular, but they weren’t half bad. Unfortunately for the audience, however, the night’s trend of declining musical excellence carried on to the headlining slot, Metric.
Emily Haines has a voice for studio. It was not fitting for such a big venue, but I can’t imagine it working well at a smaller club either. Everything was very internalized, because she does not project her voice whilst singing, a real problem for the live experience. The rest of the band delivered a very run of the mill musical backbone, there wasn’t much improvisation or quirkiness in the air. Emily danced around stage a bit but it did not make up for the flat sound that coerced me to do something I rarely ever do, and leave midway through the band’s set. When it came down to it, even the band’s mesmerizing singles did not translate well on stage. Or even translate at all.
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