The High Drifters at the Espy

Band: The High Drifters
Venue: the Esplanade Hotel
Date: 24th July 2008
Reviewed By: Lyn Harder

The high drifters are a blues indie alternative rock, two-piece Melbourne duo who really do rock!
Ringo on guitar and Matt on drums and vocals. They entered the stage with confidence which remained throughout the set. Songs of the night were ‘somewhat thankful’, ‘stay’ -which is the first song they ever wrote, ‘upside down blues’ a guitar change for ‘blue room blues’ which is a real rocking bluesy instrumental.
They are a band who are solid, loud and work well together and judging from how well they play, they’ve been around a while but if not, they are doing extremely well.
Great vocals from Matt, anyone who can sing and drum at the same time gets my attention. Ringo is midly animated on stage including some nice slide guitar.
Set ended with ‘homebody?’ (I’m not sure on exact title), this song has a heavy spin on it – and I’m sure I heard the imperial death march during the song.
Name on drumkit! Yay! Always like bands who put names on a drum kit, especially when you’re at the espy on a Thursday night, watching a heap of bands, and can’t find the gig list around and sometimes one does not know which band of the line up are currently on stage! A top band, worthy of a second look
Their Ep is available for $5 on their myspace site.