It was a sweet surprise to see NYC’s Higgins listed as one of the bands scheduled to play one of the last shows at Cameo Gallery. The group’s debut album was a Deli NYC record of the Month so long ago we can’t even retrieve that post – that section of the site was so obsolete it could not be kept. That happened around 2006, since that’s the album’s release year, but the group has been active since the early aughts. The debut was a mellow, melodic record with lots of character and roots and bluesy elements, including some songs that sounded like outtakes from The Beatles’ Abbey Road, which is way more mind blowing than it sounds. Since then, the band kept at it quietly, so much so that we never realized they were still around, notwithstanding the three following full length releases, culminating in 2012’s "Straight A’s," a record that elegantly develops the gentlemanly crooning of Otis Redding and Chris Isaac. Let’s reciprocate the gentlemanlyness and celebrate one of the best kept NYC secrets at Cameo on November 14. I’ll wear their 2006 t-shirt!
P.S. Gentlewomen are invited too.