Drew Adams

Other / Other

Portland, OR

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Review from Asymmetry Music Magazine:

To close was a mixed media piece by Drew Adams, with Scott Brazieal, piano, Mary Sutton, violin, and Ben Hartman, sax. And, of course, Drew himself, guitar and vocals.

This piece had electroacoustic sounds, instruments played conventionally and unconventionally (if "unconventionally" makes any sense in 2009), lush lounge singing, and raucous outbursts of noise. With all its stylistic and aesthetic variety, this piece had all the potential for being a terrible mess. It was anything but. Indeed, part of my enjoyment was hearing all the wildness threatening to break out but held firmly in check. My favorite part of this set was the almost completely pitchless violin solo around halfway through. Quiet, subtle, little scrapes and tappings-joined gradually by all the other musicians in a grand swirl of noise that led straight to that lounge.