09/04/2013
‘The ghosts of electricity howl in the bones of her face (Dylan), Howl (Ginsberg), Howlin Wolf – and in the light of the Moon that howl grew to a mighty roar from the stage of a dive in North London last Sat. nite. Exceptionally bad sound that plagued all comers to the stage crept meekly away in the face of that juggernaut of intent that is the Moon. Gnarly, blistering guitars swirling in and out of a bass guitar so primal one had to check oneself to be assured no s**t had been loosened in the interim. Snapping be-bop drums did their voodoo dance snaking sexually amongst the fray as Joe Moon’s voice soared in a flying Dean Moriarty car chase above it all. A rich full blooded instrument, this voice expresses a catholic set of emotions going from anger, rage, frustration, through indifference and ennui and dancing with playfulness and joy all in the space of a few lines of song. With this much electricity pumping through him, it gets to be too much and so it manifests as a physical tug of war with the singer wrestling himself on the dancefloor. Theater of the absurd transported from 50’s Manhattan to the borough of present-day Camden in one confident brushstroke. And what exactly is Joe Moon so worked up about?
The state of the world, his parking tickets? Not quite sure, but like that charismatic figure that Peter Finch played in ‘Network’
he’s ‘Mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!’ that anyone who’s ever experienced a disconnect with the bliss of
spiritual harmony can I identify with. Which makes it all sound rather heavy going but it’s delivered with such wit and energy that it makes for a nite of high class entertainment – sexy, intelligent, dirty and funny all at once. Recommended.