LoveLikeFire

Airliner - February 24, 2007

Live Review by Amber Henson

After getting thoroughly lost in Lincoln Heights (it seems I’m newly dyslexic; I remember reading that The Airliner was located at Broadway and 42nd—not 24th as it, in fact, was), I wandered around in the multi-room Airliner until I found the outdoor stage and waited with my friend for LoveLikeFire to go on.

Once they had set up their own instruments, they got started with “SOS,” which is not on their EP.  Actually, they were four songs in before they got to a song from their new CD.  They played eight songs in total, half from their EP, and while the crowd never got rockin’ with them, they were nicely appreciative.

LoveLikeFire are very charming:  they (singer/guitarist Ann Yu, drummer David Farrell, lead guitarist Ted Parker, and bassist Jesse Hayes) all have bangs, Farrell wore loafers to hit the bass drum, and Yu is smaller than her guitar.  Hayes worked hard on his usually complicated bass line, and Parker seemed to keep it all in balance.  Yu also had the requisite Korg synth up there with her.  She had an interesting way of dancing with her right arm up, and her left arm under the guitar neck, waving it around reservedly. 

Yu and Parker aren’t quite pedal junkies, but they’re close.  They use that sound well, though, and when “From a Tower” started, people seemed more into them than at any other point (that song is currently on their MySpace page, and is certainly worth a listen).  Go see LoveLikeFire while they’re still small.  They have everything it takes to make it big—and I hope they do.