Jacco Gardner playing the Heineken tent at Lowlands 2015,
Jacco Gardner’s debut album, “Cabinet of Curiosities”, the evening became just that, full of detailed quirks and psychedelic discovery. Jacco Gardner’s sixties’ influences, laden with baroque pop and epic psychedelia, shone brightly through the band’s set. Clear the Air was full of enough whimsy and jaunty bursts of wurlitzer organ sounds and harpsichordal keys to rival bands like the Zombies. Also I could hear sounds of Arthur Lees Love.
The modest audience was immersed in Gardner’s modern take on psychedelia. The multi-instrumentalist’s performance became as intricate and elaborate as his recordings, but naturally, those tiny extra details were sometimes lost on stage. It was the bigger tracks, swelling the room, which revived the set.
Tales of hazy days and slain dragons created larger-than-life pictures and a shield of comfort for Gardner’s timid, ethereal vocals, with Another You’s unsettling synth whistling through tubular basslines and syrupy harmonies.
Setlist:
00:00 Hypnophobia
4:36 Clear The Air
8:07 Summer’s Game
11:07 Notus
14:10 Face To Face
17:32 House On The Moon
22:04 Another You
26:10 Outside Forever
29:20 Puppets Dangling
33:05 Chameleon
36:58 The Ballad Of Little Jane
41:31 Find Yourself
44:50 Lullaby
54:36 Where Will You Go
The Fat Angel Sings 