Sunday Night with Julian Lynch

Julian Lynch’s most recent LP, Mare, is pure atmosphere. It’s a record you listen to when establishing a natural and relaxed type of setting – chilling outside on the porch, drinking wine, smoking some pot, doing the nature thing. But inside the confines of the dimly lit, slightly smelly basement of the Delancey last night, Julian Lynch’s set was far more impressive both sound and music wise. There’s a powerful intimacy to the music live – it’s all about mood, about ambient movement and organic energy. After taking their time doing the sound check, fucking with their guitars amidst clashing, loungey background music, Julian Lynch blasted into their first song. They jammed through the first, went on to the second, and so on, just jamming. This band is all about instrumentals; heck, even the echoey, primal vocals were instrumental in themselves. And that’s what makes this band so great, so unique. Because, after all, it’s all you want to listen to when hanging out on a couch in the chilly darkness, on a Sunday night in the summer.