Concert Review: The Frames, Swell Season at the Uptown, 5/5/08
The Frames with Swell Season
May 5, 2008
The Uptown Theater
by PENNY LaROCQUE
OK, I admit it: I cried at the end of Once. Glen Hansard’s portrayal of a broken-hearted Dublin busker wrenched my heart right out of my chest cavity. I wanted him to get the girl. To have the music engineer respect him, damn it! And Marketa Irglova’s piano-playing flower seller character … a resolute single mom trying to make her way in a new country! Sigh. What a cute couple – why wouldn’t she just give him a chance?
When I found out Hansard and Irglova (who hooked up during the filming, yay!) would be performing at the Uptown as The Swell Season alongside Hansard’s band the Frames, I wanted to be there, but I was nervous. It’s risky seeing a band that’s riding the coattails of an Oscar win. What if they suck? What if all they do is perform the soundtrack?
