Friday July 19th marked the first day of this year’s Music Frees All Festival with Cuddle Magic and EMEFE heading up late night sets at Rockwood Music Hall and a slew of performers earlier in the night at the Bowery Electric.
The Deli has a soft spot for Cuddle Magic. With all six members sporting identical circular sunglasses, the band played a dynamic set with haunting harmonies between lead singer Kristin Slip and bassist/guitarist Ben Davis. Cole Kamen-Green and Dave Flaherty moved together in harmony banging, trumpetingand squeezing out sounds from a plethora of different instruments that many have likened to a “quiet storm” of percussion and background instrumentation.
Watching Cuddle Magic perform is like seeing an organic synthesis of a high-fi recording. The band has impeccable volume and expression control over both their electric and acoustic instruments and each member juggles with a few different sounds during the course of their sets.
You can see Cuddle Magic on July 27 at Cameo Gallery. – Ed Guardaro
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