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Kimbra Performing "Primal Heart" at Neumos

with a new album nearly ready to be birthed into the world

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Kimbra Performing "Primal Heart" at Neumos
Helana Michelle

In the city of Seattle, Neumos hosts large events in its intimate standing venue, where guests can dance with crowd members to live music or sit upstairs and enjoy a drink.

As a sold out event, Kimbra and her opener, Arc Iris, performed with a static echo that left souls dancing away their worries.

Arc Iris, a group of three musicians from Rhode Island, warmed up the crowd with artistic electronic pop. Their lyrics are not only poetic but catchy enough to get stuck in your head and you wouldn't be complaining. The singer appeared very comfortable onstage and performed much like as if she were a narrator in a storybook. Audience members made comments that they could feel the static of the instruments in the air. Our hair stood on end as we leaned in to listen to what Arc Iris's stories had to tell us. One of their last songs of the night, "Piggies 2," talks about a genetically engineered man who was made to be beautiful and how normal people hated him. "Sometimes it is miserable to be perfect," the singer commented as the audience laughed. In the middle of the song, volunteers who knew the band members walked into the crowd wearing heads of pigs as they danced around the floor.

Kimbra, a musician from New Zealand, is most known for her feature in 2012 multi-platinum single "Somebody that I Used to Know" by Gotye; but her work could not be more different. Her work mixes pop with classic R&B, with jazz and rock elements.

The artist came back to Seattle on February 11th after her last performance in 2015 with a new album nearly ready to be birthed into the world. This artist is ready for a comeback so big that after nearly four years without a new album, fans have been on their toes about the new album coming out this April.

Kimbra mostly performed new work, and even though she admitted that she felt bad that no one could really sing along, she really wanted to share a little taste of what was to come. "I always feel so silly when I'm self-promoting," she said with a giggle and clutched her electric guitar. "But while I'm at it still, take a look at the merch table because everything there looks pretty sick."

Although she was not alone onstage, her two band members seemed to be an extension of her. Every electronic beat she played and note that was formed from her lips felt as if it was her own soul being bore out for the world to see. She danced as if every bone in her body was creating each different sound and wave of light.

"If there is a god, then she is it!" someone screamed out. "It's like she's here on an altar and is preaching to us."

Even though she played a lot of new work, fans were more than overjoyed to sing along to her older work. "Seattle, you're so cool. I actually had to through and rehearse my older songs to remember how they go and you guys actually end up reminding me...like, 'oh yeah, it goes down right there." Her fans shouted in approval. As she sang, she seemed to float across stage, but with such an intensity in her eyes- this created a haunting vibe which made her work all the more unique from the rest of the world's.

I don't think I've ever danced that hard in my life with so many people around when she was performing. It was so much better than being by myself blasting music. Due to having this exclusive privilege of listening to her new music before the release, let's just say I am very much looking forward to having her work in my collection.

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