The Invisible, Camden Crawl, Dingwalls, April 25th
The Invisible played the Camden Crawl at Dingwalls on April 25th
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Depressingly predictable joke out of the way first; no, seeing a band named the Invisible is not as difficult as you might think. But while frontman Dave Okumu's dreadlocked frame is hard to miss, the epic and experimental sounds throbbing from the tiny Dingwalls stage surprise as much an imperceptible HG Wells character creeping into your lounge.
While comparisons to TV on the Radio are fair, thanks to Okumu's smooth vocals, which smack of a black Beck, they're also lazy, as this three-piece signed to Matthew Herbert's Accidental fashion avant garde so-called 'space pop' that leaves you astonished, rather than experiencing the exhilaration common to a listen to Dave Sitek and co.
Nu-wave, Afrobeat, math-rock, shoegaze, and chamber pop all surface in a set that cries out for a bigger - literally and figuratively - stage. As songs take unexpected journeys and twist and turn through emotional alleyways, you find your foot unconsciously tapping away, your head drifting away from work and onto a higher plane.
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