Last night I managed to catch Lior play yet another gig, this time at The SoundLounge down on the Gold Coast. It was my first time to have gone to anything at The SoundLounge, a really intimate venue nestled within the Currumbin RSL (of all places!). As tacky as it sounds, it was a really amazing venue. A maximum of about three hundred people would have fit in there, and is perfect for a mellow evening accompanied by some fantastic music. Last night almost everyone was sprawled across the ground, encouraged by the small collections of comfortable bean bags, and solid looking, yet difficult to balance on cube cushions surrounding several knee-high level tables. After playing The Metro as his last gig, Lior appreciated his ability to be able to see his audience and interact with them in a more personal manner.

The last time I saw Lior, I missed the support act, the Dave Mann Collective perform, and after watching them (although this time it was just Dave Mann on his own) perform, I was terribly disappointed that I did miss seeing them last time. His style of music reminded me of people like Jack Johnson, the John Butler Trio and Xavier Rudd although his voice had a lot more force to it.

After Dave Mann performed, it was Lior’s turn and once again stunned the crowd with his amazing vocal range. The crowd lapped up his unique style of music that is best described as a Middle Eastern influenced roots style. As good as his CD is (and it really is good!), Lior and his band are guaranteed to give you and even better experience seeing them live, combining both the improvisation and such variation to their normal songs. Lior performed almost all of his songs from his current album, Autumn Flow and even performed his own variation of Neil Young’s Needle And The Damage Done that he composed for Triple J a couple of weeks back. An awesome performance!

The Kua Rating: 9 out of 10!