Emotional harassing

Amit Erez, Aviv Geffen or "Eatliz" - encountered Israeli musicians do not often, but if so, they fall like with a penchant for drama and self-staging of the frame. They often describe the great feeling cinema - whether in pictures or shown in their songs. Pop always includes a certain scope. "Asaf Avidan & The Mojos" Also included in this Kreis.Dabei represents the musical learning curve between folk, rock and blues not even the most prominent feature, but rather the high, partly hysterical voice of frontman Asaf. Comparisons with Janis Joplin or Melissa Etheridge are entitled and it requires some Hördurchläufe and repeated tweaking until you get used to the idea that here but no woman with her whiskey sings geschwängerter timbre. But is not singing alone. It is the suffering, the cry - the passion that penetrates the listener. In their homeland Israel, the band has already for some time successfully before the 2008 debut album, "The Reckoning" was released in Germany last year.

Who captured this record, which is now being carried away by the successor. "Poor Boy / Lucky Man" originated in 2009, but it has lost none of its impact and the uniqueness. An emotional harassing, not allowed to come to rest the handset. Goods in the debut even lovesickness and the pain of separation driving force to Asaf Avidan explored with this record now itself. "The whole concept of" Poor Boy / Lucky Man "is the representation of an emotionally retarded person by various characters that they symbolize." Avidan versa be inside out, commutes between lamentations and aggregate strength. This intensity, supported by quiet times, celestial sounds, then re-oriented rock and in the footsteps of "Led Zepplin" or "Stones". Besides trips repeatedly in Folk, Americana, circus music and Bluesgefilde. New instruments such as xylophone, mandolin harp or expand their musical spectrum. "Hadas, Yoni, Roi and Ran are skin, muscles and veins of the body of my music," Asaf says of his Mojos. "Without them, would be the biggest part of who I am today, not have been possible." Thus, unpaid "Poor Boy / Lucky Man" and the musicians tribute, each contributing their own sensitivity and instrument for a whole album. "Poor Boy / Lucky Man" embodies two perspectives on life, his may select preferred from any or ever change your mood.

Playing tips: "My favorite clown", "Wasting My Time" and "Jet Plane"