Sherlock's Daughter brings its mysterious sound to Piano's for two shows
Piano’s
158 Ludlow St.
Thursday, November 19, $10, 8:00
Wednesday, November 25, $8, 10:00
212-505-3733
www.myspace.com/sherlocksdaughter
www.pianosnyc.com
Australia’s Sherlock’s Daughter has been having quite a time in New York City, playing Goodbye Blue Monday and Bowery Electric last week and now taking up residency at Piano’s for two shows. Based in Sydney, the five-piece band, led by New Zealand vocalist Tanya Horo, is touring behind its self-titled five-song EP, which features beautiful harmonies, soothing melodies, and alluring rhythms. Guitarist Tim Maybury, bassist Liam Flanagan, electronics specialist Jonti Animal, and drummer William Russell create mysterious sounds that wrap around you with just the right amount of uneasiness to keep you slightly off balance but always wanting more on such welcoming tunes as “Sons and Daughters,” “Song for Old People,” and “Kids.” And they also have a way of making relatively mundane lyrics float wonderfully in the ether; on “In the End,” Horo sings, “In the end we will hold on to all that’s in our hearts / Don’t be sad or be frightened / We don’t need to part / Love can’t hurt us now,” and you believe every word of it. On November 19 at Piano’s , SD, who refer to themselves as the “love child of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler (a character in the Holmes story “A Scandal in Bohemia” as well as the real name of X-Men villain Destiny), will go on at 8:00, followed by English Kills, the Black Fortys, and Goldspot, while on November 25 they will go on at 10:00, following Swedish popster Marit Bergman.