Big Sir: Old Blood
Big Sir, the project led by bassist Juan Alderete and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Lisa Papineau, just wrapped up a nice European tour. Lucky for the rest of us who couldn’t make it out, the duo stopped off for a performance at SSR Studios in Manchester for the online show Sessions 65, who made a few nice videos of their performance.
“Old Blood” is the 8th track from their latest release, Before Gardens After Gardens. The energetic song is propelled by Alderete’s awesome fretless playing while Papineau’s ethereal vocals float over top.
Now, here’s to hoping the duo make a North American tour!
that’s cool.
That’s awesome fretless playing? Interesting vocal technique, though — never have seen that done before, where you pinch your throat to make an upper harmonic.
It looks like it might be more for vibrato than the actual note, I could definitely be wrong though.
Love Juan! been a fan of him for awhile now. GREAT bass player. cool tune!
Great bass tone but this is waaaaay too out there for me.
Thanks for the review and the kind words. Much Appreciated. More interesting artists to appear soon along with some live footage of ‘Big Sir’ performing in Manchester. FP Media
Hi and thanks for featuring the video from our studios, glad you liked it!
If you are a fan of BIG SIR then you must check out this insightful interview we had with them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u-KQ8GGniw
It was a pleasure to meet them and hope they say hi next time they visit manchester. FPM
Juan and Lisa are awesome. I’ve been following them for about 10 years now. If you’ve never listened to Big Sir, then you are surely missing out on some incredible music.
Love it, love Big Sir!