Amazing Baby is a Brooklyn-based quintet with a sense of style reminiscent of...(More)

Amazing Baby is a Brooklyn-based quintet with a sense of style reminiscent of a spaced out stagger and cheap sunglasses. They arrived in Toronto at the Phoenix concert theater in support of well, the band Phoenix and let me tell you, it’s refreshing to see a band using big guitars in a psychedelic setting. Who knew fancy fretwork and harmonized guitar licks could fit so well next to rock beats, chanting rhythms, synthesizers and reverby, Brooklynesque vocal styles? Amazing Baby is the perfect cocktail to keep the beardos scratching their beards while the club goers can still dance along side at a steady pace. The sound is a balanced dose of vintage rock and futuristic experimentation. If you go to their show, which you should, be prepared though to hear at least one concertgoer exclaim in their best Austin Powers impersonation “It’s amazing baby, yeahhh”! And it is, but please refrain from doing so yourself, it’s been done. At first glance they seem like genuine rockers who are living in the moment and just want to have fun but beneath their weathered rock’n’roll glow and tour weary gaze they are a group of witty and perceptive, softhearted pop artists enjoying their time in the sun. After a listen to their very competent first full length, Rewild, they deserve to stick around and hopefully they will. image/james words/luke(Less)