SoKo at The Corner Hotel
When I saw tickets available for Soko @ The Corner Hotel I immediately grabbed them. I was a little dismayed at that fact that was occurring on New Year’s day. However given that this was the only chance I had to see Soko perform in Australia I did not have to think too hard about it.
A gripe I have with all gigs is that they never tell you when the headline will actually be getting on stage. In Soko’s case even though the doors opened at 2PM she was not going to start until 5PM. Seriously? Do they realise that some people (including myself) have not had the chance to go home since the previous day? Okay, I’ll stop complaining now.
Soko came out to perform and looked quite nervous and unsure, which for someone who has been acting for a number of years now (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1331316/) is a little unusual. The first song she described as a soft lullaby -- indicating that it may put people to sleep, especially after New Year’s, and then people would not realise that she is not very good, awwww. This brings up one of the best things of the gig and that was Soko’s interaction/discussion with the crowd. Early in the gig she asked the engineers to turn down the lights directed at her, once done she responded “Perfect. Now stay that way forever.” Again, awwwww.
Since her singing style is non-traditional, you would never find her played on a commercial station here is Australia. Songs like “I think I’m pregnant”, “I want to look like a tiger” and “Happy Hippie Birthday” are so much fun and struggle to fit into any particular style. Other songs performed “Why don’t you eat me now, you can”, “Goodbye Paris”, “Happiness: When is is going to start” and “I’m scared I’m gonna die alone” show life experiences beyond her years.
Soko was very emotional at her reception in Australia -- her emotion in the songs are also very raw and they feel genuine, not some act as part of the song, or maybe she is a really good actress 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9vKCPHfghM&NR=1). This emotion also affected the audience, or maybe just me, as I found myself getting a little teary at some of her songs especially “I will never love you more”.
All in all it was a fantastic performance and I can only see Soko going from strength to strength. I have put together a compilation of the performance and of “I’ll Kill Her”. Enjoy.
I’ll Kill Her
Compilation
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David January 15th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Yvonne I sent you an email.