GROWING @ SUPERSONIC

My midlands adventure began in the tearooms with sonic sculptors Growing.
Their performance tonight would be the last of their UK tour and they were wondering if they would clear the room. I very much doubted it.

Surrounded by teacakes and muffins I quickly became enamoured by the Brooklyn threesome as they began to reveal how they were bored of being categorised by the drone heads and journo’s who were desperate to label their music. For a newcomer to this world, this was music to my ears. I suddenly fell in love with the attitude and individuality of Growing and their plight to stay true to their sound and produce music that didn’t do want it said on the tin.

With third member Sadie turning the original duo into a magic three, Kevin and Joe revealed how they were keen to introduce more vocals and get their sound as crazy and interesting as possible. When asked how they thought people would react to this, I fell in love a little more. They didn’t care if they didn’t fit the categories and were more content with moving forward with their sound and vision than they were satisfying or defining the drone/ambient stereotype.

That evening when I lost myself to the music of Growing, it seemed quite obvious that Sadie was bringing something extra to the experience I was enveloped in. With more layers and soundscapes to travel on, the dynamics of the sound felt greater and freer than before. And when I noticed her rainbow coloured psychedelic DM’s, it really did seem that the shoes were starting to fit.