In a short set, Amazing Baby played some of their more popular songs and finished the set with “Headdress” and “The Narwhal.” The first of the two is an eerie love/apology song with mesmerizing lyrics that stick in your head for days—“Cause I’m the man who’s gotta know what I’ve done and what I’ve lost cause of what I’ve done.” It makes no sense and is completely rational all at the same time. After hearing all of the lyrics, you have to wonder who this Molly chick is in the song, if she’s really a person, and what her thoughts are on being someone’s “fucking baby.” “The Narwhal,” on the other hand, produces these singing/yelling noises that can’t even be described in words, and it’s still undecided on whether or not these sounds are pleasurable.

Unfortunately for Amazing Baby, the Brillobox is really just a rectangular room with terrible acoustics and a sound guy that thinks he’s working a large, outdoor venue. It seems that more often than not that place is just a bunch of noise and the instruments always way overpower the vocals.

These guys are young but have a powerful stage presence already, and if they can figure out how to combine the creepiness of their music videos with their live performances, they will be an unstoppable band.

P.S. The opening band, Dawn Canon, is definitely worth checking out sometime. They are local, so you can find them around the city rather often, and the lead singer/guitarist is really amazing, baby (I couldn’t resist throwing that in somewhere!).