German duo Spoon and the Forkestra dish up wonderful tasty musical pies of love, pain and longing with dashes of whimsy and romance that feels cross generational. Emily-Mae Lewis from Hamburg has a voice that is penetrating and full bodied beautiful and Timo Zell's bass lines, heavy but light on it's feet mesmerize on their latest track, "Pirates", that is described as such:
"Pirates consists of a conversation between two old friends who are about to lose each other. It is the desperate call for freedom, a dance on the edge of the abyss between impetuous euphoria and deep despair."
The exquisite thing about "Pirates" as crafted by Lewis and Zell is the broad net it casts out. In the pulsating down beats and truly pretty melodies you feel an expansive musical reach that (to me) spans literally from the 40's to now. You feel a kind of musical theater tone but feel post punk affections to, you feel a bit of Rodgers and Hammerstein and Yeah Yeah Yeahs as well. Cross generational and genre agnostic with romance in tow. On stage, Spoon and the Forkestra are joined by drummer John Winston Berta to add to the party.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Coming from a rehearsal room lit by fairy lights and surrounded by the intimate tranquility of the night, Spoon and the Forkestra musically roam messy woods and enchanted flat-share-kitchens. They are recounting bedtime stories about sleepless nights and secret sentiments before hand in hand shouting at foreign walls.
It is a wonderous nostalgia that surrouds the young duo consisting of a girl from Hamburg and a boy from Mannheim. Timo Zell’s delicate basslines gently dance around the fragile yet powerful voice of Emily-Mae Lewis who seems to be whispering her metaphorical stories directly into their listeners’ ears. Folky elements meet psychedelic melancholia, the freedom of Punk encounters the sensuality of Jazz and Soul music. We are experiencing a musical embrace – both slightly beautiful and a little gnawing at the same time; a reverberating kind of intensity stimulating awareness for the long-gone.
When on stage, Spoon and the Forkestra turn it into a playroom – as the two of them or along with drummer John Winston Berta as a trio. They musically elevate themselves to the highest spheres just to make everything fall into shivering silence in an instant.
On September 25th, 2020 their second single Pirates will be released, a song that consists of a conversation between two old friends who are about to lose each other. It is the desperate call for freedom, a dance on the edge of the abyss between impetuous euphoria and deep despair. The music video is a snapshot of the end of summer. Pirates is the second of four singles before Spoon and the Forkestra release their debut EP at the end of the year.
And we are briefly holding our breath waiting for the next delicate melody to turn the page for us.
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