{"id":9632,"date":"2012-09-30T22:27:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T20:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=9632"},"modified":"2012-10-01T13:15:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T11:15:36","slug":"zebra-giraffe-and-tailor-at-mercury-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/zebra-giraffe-and-tailor-at-mercury-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Zebra & Giraffe and Tailor at Mercury Live"},"content":{"rendered":"
Friday 28 September 2012<\/div>\n

Zebra & Giraffe ended their The Wisest Ones\u00a0<\/em>album launch tour at Mercury last Friday. Singer-songwriter Tailor seemed like a bit of an odd choice for a supporting act but the two were great together and both gave excellent performances.<\/p>\n

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Mercury was fuller than I’d seen it in a good while<\/a> which was a reassuring sign. It was an odd mixed crowd too which was a good indicator of the broad appeal of both Zebra & Giraffe and Tailor.<\/p>\n

There’s certainly a lot of hype around Tailor; I wasn’t blown away by her debut album\u00a0The Dark Horse<\/em>, in fact I struggled a bit to listen to it all in one sitting. I was curious to see how her material would translate live and was intrigued by the stage set-up.<\/p>\n

From the first track I was mentally apologising for being so quick to disregard her music – she’s a force to watch and even the slower songs (which I’d skipped through initially) became compelling. The live version of\u00a0Indian\u00a0<\/em>in particular was awesome – she hit the high notes with ferocity and accuracy and beat the large drum by her side with such power that it threatened to fall over, and collapsed in a slow heap for the song’s final moments.<\/p>\n

The next time I listened to her album was with converted ears…<\/p>\n\n\t\t