A free Light in August

Photo taken by Stitch and acquired through Creative Commons License at Flickr.com





The Flint Public Library hosted a free concert tonight bringing in Ann Arbor local band Light in August. Light in August is away from my comfort zone of music, but I was pleasantly surprised at how much I really liked them. If I were to give them a label or music genre to fit into, I would say that they are Indy and Earthy all wrapped into one. When I first heard them play tonight I thought to myself, "This music would be rad in a Wes Anderson film."

The band brought in a descent sized crowd given that there wasn't much publicity surrounding this free concert. I think that if the library would have gotten the word out more, that there would have been a significantly larger turnout, seeing that Flint is a large college community and did I mention the event was FREE?

Light in August just had a great feel to them. I don't think you can go wrong when you have a flute player in your band. I think that the flute player really gave the earthy feel, but without the cliche flute sound. The flow of the sounds came together in a way that was both haunting and invigorating, I found myself completely wrapped up in the music and moving my legs to the beat.
I certainly hope to see this band in Flint again soon, or I may just have to make a special trip to Ann Arbor or Detroit and throw down $5 for one of their CD's.

To hear Light in August check out their MySpace page.