You might have caught on recently that Chris and I like opening bands and that often times showing up to a show early is a revelatory experience. Last week it was falling in love with the Dirty Projectors and soon it may be the Harlem Shakes. Currently touring with Passion Pit, whom Chris and I will have the pleasure of seeing next Thursday, Harlem Shakes hail from New York and at first glace give off a massive hipster hype vibe. After giving their first full length album Technicolor Health a few listens, I am ready for a great performance. Mixing male sunny, pop vocals a la Vampire Weekend with an equally sunny and airy female counterpoint, Harlem Shakes have a catchy blueprint. Add in in some well placed horns, handclaps and cowbells and you have an album of insanely catchy jams for summer. Really, Sunlight is going to be playing at hipster porch bbqs all summer long. In addition to their guitar driven pop, Harlem Shakes have a definite ear for harmony, instrumentation and most of all so positive energy that any listener cannot help but absorb some. I can't wait to see these guys next week.
Harlem Shakes - Nothing but Change Part II (YSI) (filesavr)
Harlem Shakes - Sunlight (YSI) (filesavr)
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