St Lucia are touring in support of last year’s double album, Fata Morgana. For their first set, they mostly play songs from these albums. Check out “Falling Asleep” from the Dawn album: (The other is called Dusk). 

The band is led by Jean-Phillip Grobler (originally from South Africa) and his wife, Pattie Beranek (from Germany). They now live in New York, but they create a vibrant Caribbean style sound that appropriately reflects their name. 

Early in their 2nd set, they play “Closer Than This”. It starts slowly with three chords on the synthesizer. Then, the vocals come in smoothly. Next comes the drums and bass. Finally, the chorus comes and everyone in the building is dancing and singing: “I’ve got a feeling we will never get closer than this! I can’t image there’s a way to get closer than this!” This slow build to a very catchy chorus is the perfect recipe for a dance party. 

Later on, the same formula applies to “September” which whips the crowd into a frenzy. “I just want you to remember, before you get carried away. What happened just this September, if you know you want it, baby.” It’s an excellently crafted song. One crowd member yells “This is the best song!” 

The show started at 7:30pm, two hours ago and the crowd is exhausted. However, when they start to play their biggest song to date, “Elevate”, to close out the night, everyone uses their last bit of energy to dance it out one more time. “And no one elevates you, elevates you now!  And no one’s gonna take you, gonna take you there!” Everyone leaves with a giant smile on their face. St Lucia has a bright future ahead of them. Catch them on tour now across the US!

See a similar setlist here. 

Cost of a ticket: $53

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Quinn Delaney