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Fun Fun Fun review: Delorean
With pysch-rockers MGMT headlining Saturday night at Fun Fun Fun Fest, and Passion Pit and Cut Copy, other bands in the same world, selling out Stubb’s when they’ve been through Austin, it’s clear that there is plenty of room for bands like Delorean, who dole out synth-heavy psychedelic dance pop atop with a rock sensibility. Unlike the above mentioned bands, Delorean doesn’t have, or is perhaps less concerned with, hook-heavy hits like “Kids” or “Sleepyhead.” Instead, the quartet, who hail from Spain, employ something more of a club music (or maybe even jam band) technique, laying down a foundation of beats and raising the temperature in the room as they add layers of sound.
Their set Saturday at Fun Fun Fun got off to a slow start, as it was delayed by the crowd-killing Big Freedia. While drummer Igor Escudeo held things down with inspired disco beats, and a strobe-tastic psychedelic light show gave people in the back something to look at (or stare at as they danced with glow sticks), it took lead singer/bassist Ekhi Lopetegi a few songs to really find his footing as he bumped into the mic stand on the small stage and lacked any sense of power as he sang. Once he did, though, the band demonstrated that like their Spanish club roots, their strength lies in an ability to get the audience moving by increasing the tension. In doing so, the vocals aren’t necessarily the focal point of the songs. Instead, there is a balance between everything going on, with Lopetegi’s singing, which kind of recalls late 70’s arena rock, blending with the music almost as if it were nothing more than one more effect rising from the synthesizer.
That and cool lights.
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