The Music MATTador, weekly report, Moods Photography, Greg Dries

The past week we have been battling the dreaded flu, unbelievably nasty !!!!! Today though we are feeling better than we have for what feels like an eternity..... & my mood was dramatically improved when I read the report from our friend "The MATTador" ... Mrs Mattador knows her music as well, I certainly wouldn't be messing with her....

Hope you enjoy this weeks report as much as I did....

Well, I ate a piece of humble pie this week and to be completely honest it didn't taste that bad, in fact it was very sweet. After several attempts to 'try' and like this group simply because of who they are, I had written them off. Three individuals who on their own have made it to the upper echelon of Australian music and had tried their hardest to keep this project under wraps simply because of the stir it would create in the industry.

Mrs MATTadore says to me about a month ago - "hey i've found this new band, Seeker Lover Keeper", I cut her off in a hasty reply that went something like "Nuh I hate em, boring as, just cant get into them"!

There's my piece of pie right there!!

Seeker Lover Keeper is the collaboration of three amazing australian female musicians Holly Throsby, Sarah Blasco and Sally Seltman. Initially I had an underlying gut feeling that their sound echoed three individuals struggling to outdo each other in an epic battle to become the lead, however, upon release of their self titled debut album things became much clearer. The band decided to release three singles not one, each fronted by a different member in an attempt to showcase their uniformity and individuality. Their exquisite individual performances are perfectly supported by the accompanying duo, the three seem to almost enjoy watching each other shine while being genuinely grateful to be creatively involved.

I realised suddenly without any notice that I was taken by this song, I remember placing it (in my thoughts) as the perfect song to accompany an image viewing experience at the wonderful Moods studio. It's not that it was the first time I had herd it but on this specific occasion, for reasons unbeknown to me, the lyrics grabbed me and slapped me in the face. Whilst initially uninvited in my secure mental volt of 'great music', Seeker Lover Keeper has won over it's host, I am now more than happy to sit back and enjoy their sweet folk pop sounds and watch their journey with anticipation of what could evolve for these wonderful musicians.

The song chosen is 'Light all my lights' (lead is Sarah Blasco) please enjoy.......................................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpEAsKe3270