Natural Child Treat Brooklyn To Laid Back Rockin’ Grooves (SHOW REVIEW)

Friday, June 24th was a warm summer night in Brooklyn, NY, a perfect evening to get out and see some live music, which is exactly what many hip young Brooklynites did as they crowded into the sold out Union Pool for an hour long set of Southern flared rock n’ roll  from Nashville’s own, Natural Child.

Despite their disheveled burnout appearance, the members of Natural Child may be some of the hardest working twenty-something stoners in the business. Since releasing their first two albums (For the Love of the Game, Hard In Heaven) back to back in 2012, the band has toured almost constantly, playing, according to guitarist Seth Murray, over two hundred gigs a year for the last three years while also recording their third album (Dancin’ With Wolves) and a number of singles and EP’s along the way.

The foursome hit the stage like a team of pros, not wasting any time before busting into a Natural Child classic, “Laid, Paid, and Strange”, and from the moment they did it became obvious that this crowd came to party. After a couple rocking and rollicking crowd  pleasers from their first two releases the band settled into a more country-tinged sound, pumping out a version of Bob Dylan’s ode to New York City, “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”, that had everyone singing along before slowing things down with the their latest offering, “Now and Then”. The single, which become available on Soundcloud just the previous week, features a Creedence Clearwater-esque, laid back Southern rock groove, and lyrical stylings similar to that of Doug Sahm. It seemed to go over well as there wasn’t a head in sight that wasn’t bobbing along to the rhythm. 281

Having successfully grooved the audience into a state of rockin’ bliss, the band shifted back into their older, slightly more punk material which would remain the focus for the evening.

Once an audience request for “more keyboard” was granted, Benny Divine was given a chance to show off his chops on both keys and guitar, often times ripping solos on the keys with his right hand while simultaneously hitting chords with his left hand on guitar. Always cool at the helm, Benny led the group through a jammed out intro before launching into “B$g P$mp$n” and inciting a unexpected mosh pit and a shower of beer cans from the rowdy crowd. One more mosh pit would break out, this time during the encore “Crack Mountain”, a punky number about, you guessed it, smoking crack with friends, however this pit was more of a celebration as friends slung their arms around one another amongst the chaos and toasted to another night of great live music.

 

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