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Although I'd seen the movie, "Little Miss Sunshine", I hadn't been so overwhelmed by the soundtrack to rush out and buy it. But then KFOG played one track on "new releases Thursday", mentioned that an accordianist was in the band, and prompted my investigation.
So I bought the CD, played it a couple of times then got lucky: Devotchka was coming to the Fillmore. INCREDIBLE show. Not sure why there were two hefty, leotard-wearing women tossing flowers into the audience before the band came on stage, but the music eliminated that odd vision.
A lead singer with the crooning vocal style (and this IS a compliment) of a lounge singer; a (female: bonus points for the PC) upright bass player, a solid-rocking drummer and a fiddler. The bassist set her instrument aside and donned a tuba; the fiddler alternated between his accordian and bringing two other violinists on stage. And the drummer played a trumpet, and the leotards returned to perform aerial acrobatics on dangling ribbons, as an accompionment to one song.
So this sounds like a concert review? The CD, though it only has one live track, replicates the sound of one of the five most awesome concerts I've ever seen, it just bowls me over every time I play it. basically rock music with a gypsy-folk balladeer veneer. Hard to compare it to anything else but zydeco or tejana fans will be overjoyed; as will any fan of well-executed, inovative alternative rock.
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