Sky Cries Mary @ Seattle

An amazing show last night (June 15th) that I almost missed by arriving too late! It was Sky Cries Mary’s record release party at Neumo’s in Seattle. As it turned out, I did miss their first set in which they played the songs off their new CD called Small Town. We arrived at 23H30 to find them taking the stage for their 5 songs encore. The show must have started early because there were two other bands listed on the bill and we assumed that it would be a late night. Lucky for us though we got to see some of this amazing bands performance.

Sky Cries Mary are a totally mesmerizing, spacey, psychedelic, looping swirl of guitars, bass, keyboards, drums and computer and anchored by the man-woman vocal duo of Roderick and Anisa Romero. With a pretty cool light show flashing behind them this band rocks big time. All excellent musicians as you might expect from a band that's been in existence since 1986. It was certainly a love fest between them and their home town Seattle fans with rapturous applause after every number. I woke up with a hoarse voice myself this morning from screaming "more, more, more..."! Indeed.
If their new CD Small Town (HoodooH Music) is as good as the live show then I can only give it my highest endorsement. Check it out!

Bookerfatz2

PS: If you missed Sky Cries Mary’s performance or want to hear it, you can listen for back fourteen days on KEXP Streaming Archive (more info here).

Web: skycriesmary.com
MySpace: myspace.com/skycriesmary

Sky Cries Mary - Small Town .mp3 (one minute sample)
Sky Cries Mary - Every Iceburg Is Afire .mp3 from Timeless Turning (1994) via clockwork3
Sky Cries Mary - Don't Forget The Sky (Live) .mp3

Bonus: Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary .mp3