The Blue Van – Skanderborg Festival 2007 review
The Blue Van (Denmark) – Stage: Rytmehans
Until recently, I felt like the only one on earth, who had yet to see The Blue Van live – But over the last few weeks I have made up for it! My first encounter with the Danish quartet was at the SPOT Festival in Aarhus in June, where they also had two members of the band Oh No Ono join them on stage.
At Skanderborg, the crowd was a bit smaller, but equally enthusiastic. Songs like ‘Revelation of Love’ and the amazing closing song ‘New Slough’ took the crowd by storm, and proved, that these four young guys have something that most bands don’t have: a killer show, extremely talented musicians and a stern belief in themselves. Only few things stood in the way of this becoming the concert of the year – the sound – lead vocalist Steffen Jørgensen’s voice was sometimes impossible to hear – and the fact that the tent was only 50% filled. Those 50% were, however, 150% more enthusiastic than at any other concert at Skanderborg this year.
The songs from the 2005 debutalbum ‘The Art Of Rolling’ were the most succesfull at a show, where the songs from the sophomore album ‘Dear Independence’ (from 2007) never managed to take off, due to their more soul-inspired style.
One thing has to be said, though: A “bad” Blue Van concert is still much much better than most concerts you get the chance to see. The band is skillful, and has the ability to get a party started everywhere – any time. Go see them, if you get the chance!
A little fun – “The Blue Van Show: The New Tatoo“
