Member Since: 1/23/2007
Band Members: Tom Hancocks
(Vocals, Bass Guitar)Jamie Gray
(Piano, Synth, Bass Guitar)Adam Scott
(Guitar, Backing Vocals)
Andy Hancocks
(Drums)
Sounds Like:"Evocative piano suggests expansive imagery, like ILT stirring crisp jazz chords to life. A sound emanates that threatens structure then abandons the thought forming the root that flows and ebbs throughout Black and White Tango’s inspiring sound. There’s movement within the blend of keys from Jamie, guitar from Scotty and vocals by Tom, as the band tonight a trio, contribute some very different ideas and motifs. Then elements are cut short as tightly wound piano keys ring out. It’s like watching a beautiful, complicated sonic creature evolve before my eyes. The final number a new track has a standout vocal that works well as a hook, something vaguely recognizable for the crowd to hang on to. A way in maybe this one should open sets in future?
Seeing the band in this semi acoustic setting seems to allow, closer inspection of the differing sounds; more time to move through you, the vocals play around the quietest intricate melodies and jazz guitar flourishes. The shifting genre and tempos may bewilder and hinder the new and the uninitiated but there’s no denying even during the most introspective moments everyone listening is rapt with wonder. Questions arise, as questions often do as Black and White Tango respond then pose more of their own challenging you and themselves with each outing."
Written by Michelle Dee
ThisisUll.com
Record Label: n/a
Type of Label: Unsigned