It's a real pleasure to watch a band go through their paces and not
have their music reach through the speakers and smack you in the head! Miles from Nowhere are a
four-piece acoustic outfit whose close harmonies and not-so-quiet amp settings
make for a very pleasant evening!
I'll admit that not even the Immedia!
advertisement where I learned of these guys prepared me for what was in store
for the showcase of their new blue jellybeans EP. When the set launched with Two
With You from the 1997 debut EP of the same name, I found myself looking
forward to the rest of the next hour or so. MFN have obviously
specialised in vocal harmonies and in so doing have come to excel in the field.
Standout songs from the night included Feigning, Pelican
Bones, Inside Out, Little Sister, and their interpretations
of David
Bowie's Space Odyssey, Paul
Simon's Late in the Evening and his &
Art Garfunkel's Feelin' Groovy a-capella. It is a pity
that they played to a rainy road-choked Sydney Wednesday otherwise I'm sure
many more than the handful that braved the conditions would have experienced
this performance «««««