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| Juliet Simms of Automatic Loveletter 10-1-10 |
photos & words by Rozlyn Smith
On October 1st, I made my way over to the School of Rock to see Automatic Loveletter open for Valencia. I've heard they were good, but I personally never checked them out. But that night I was blown away. The fans both in the crowd and people I know personally were right. The four piece surpassed my expectations. Also, any band who agrees with my theory that there is no such thing as too much information is automatically awesome in my book; but what made Automatic Loveletter rock the charts for was their stage presence and raw emotion emitted by front-woman, Juliet Simms. I'd describe them as mellow and romantic yet filled with energy and lyrics that can relate to anyone.
Starting off their set with "The Day That Saved Us," I noticed that there was not a single person in the crowd who wasn’t moving or even bobbing their head. Following up was "Story of My Life." The title is rather fitting with the lyrics. During the performance of the song, I could see how true the lyrics are to Simms’ life and her journey through the power she put into her vocal performance. Another song that really stuck out to me was "Hush." Described as an “old favorite,” I could see why. The audience was tearing up while singing along. After, Simms turned her back to the crowd while Tommy Simms got on the microphone and said "if she doesn’t see all those fists in the air, she’s not going to be happy," and the audience complied. Everyone had their fist in the air and each fist was in sync with each other, it was rather impressive. During "Heart Song," the fists were still pumping and Juliet even got into some of the audiences’ faces. In one instance, a fan yelled back with her and it was a truly amazing artist to fan moment. "Let it Ride" ended their set on a romantic yet uplifting tone. The vibe from the audience after the set was a very pleased one and all I saw were people smiling and just in a general good mood. Even I couldn’t help but smile after their set. I was very impressed by their performance.
Also on the bill for the evening was The All Ways, We the Chosen, and Jet Lag Gemini. Check out more photos below.
live review! im gonna post it in my norwegian a.l.l blog + my facebook fangroup, automatic loveletter norge (:
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