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If you think you would like a band that expresses that sentiment in a more versatile way, have I got a band for you. One Friday evening Bernard, Amelia, Jacky, Ivan and I went and see a house band from 'Shalome' located right in the commercial centre of Taman Tun Dr.Ismail. Everyone in the audience (except for us - 'our first time') had a thing for them; the general ambiance was that we had stumbled on the secret subterranean meeting-place of an ascetic yet hip cult of some nature (adding to this vibe:the beer were on offer that day).

A brief 1st set by a deep melancholy, bluesy guitar riff that unfolded the band’s true roots, fits perfectly with their happily redolent Americana sound; the rolling harmonies and melodies, a gritty, rugged, youthful sound with still, smoothed edges of age and wisdom to add weight and balance. After around 20 minutes they took the stage again. This time they played more heavy tunes as the night got 'Younger'. Their songs, as far as I can tell, are very well arranged and they played it really beautiful and melodic without being cheesy or precious in the “look at us, playing the good music" way.

My favorite moment of the night and I suspect my mates as well was when the band hit the third set with some old 70's tunes specially dedicated the songs to the remaining crowd and also to those audience was literally sobering that they didn’t know (or pretended not to know) what was going on! Some of them just danced as the music played along. Meanwhile Bernard and I were like “This song, WOO!” Everyone in the audience seemed to know the song and happily sang along without any hesitation, all except the group of us who sat quietly, enjoying our view. Could also have been due to our lack of 70's song knowledge, I guess.

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