Lead singer Clemens Rehbein\u2019s gritty voice carries well, even when stood two feet away from the microphone, as the crowd sing back almost every word. Rehbein\u2019s raspy intone is practically studio-sounding and places charmingly over the melodic beats of the backing band.<\/p>\n
The group dutifully deliver a break from their latest tracks, giving debut album singles Flashed Junk Mind <\/em>and Down by The River <\/em>a taste of the wanting Mancunian audience, as the lights shift to green and red to represent the album artwork of Sadneccessary<\/em>.<\/p>\n While the entire band sync together like one mind, non-founding member Antonio Greger, who joined the band three years after formation in 2015, stole the show. The harmonica is recurrent throughout Blossom<\/em> but on the live stage, guitarist Greger becomes jack of all trades, master of one \u2013 the harmonica. Greger first shows of his skills during Peripeteia <\/em>before unleashing an extended solo introduction to Cold Blue Rain <\/em>which has the stunned listeners pleading for more.<\/p>\n As the band stop to interact with the crowd, it is evident from the smile on Rehbein\u2019s face that the band are as happy to be there as the crowd are. Milky Chance fashion out the end of the set with a spirited rendition of Cocoon<\/em>, a year to the day from it\u2019s release date.<\/p>\n Returning shortly for the encore, founding member, Phillip Dausch, steps out from behind his abundance of equipment (keyboard, drums and even bongos) to reveal that it was Clemens Rehbein\u2019s 25th<\/sup> birthday, to which the crowd react with a flamboyant rendition of Happy Birthday.<\/p>\n After heaping humble appreciation on to the crowd, Rehbein leads us in to the predictable hit, Stolen Dance<\/em>, which receives the biggest cheer of the night but for the announcement of Rehbein\u2019s birthday. The band leave us with an eagerly awaited Sweet Sun <\/em>and one last taste of Greger\u2019s prolonged harmonica solos.<\/p>\n What I thought was going to be a calm, relaxed gig quickly became an energetic and lively performance. Milky Chance certainly blossom out <\/em>on the live stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As one girl in the audience shouts naively in to her friend\u2019s ear, \u201cEVERY BAND NEEDS A HARMONICA\u201d, it sums up perfectly the experience of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1216,"featured_media":1675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4975,1],"tags":[596,1288,1289],"class_list":["post-1677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-uncategorised","tag-gig-review","tag-milky-chance","tag-o2-ritz"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/11\/screen_shot_2017-11-14_at_17.53.37.png\")
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