Roisin Murphy should be a huge star, she has it all, an amazing voice, the charisma, the dance moves, and the costumes.
In the Savoy, Cork, last week she covered most of the tracks from the Overpowered album, and the music sounded even better live with the band adding a richness and depth occasionally missing from the album's electro-pop. As the gig progressed the crowd got more, and more enthusiastic, and her two bouts of crowd surfing only fuelled it (Security leapt on stage to grab her back, the 2nd time round she landed a couple of kicks to fend them off.)
Her costumes were fantastic and the role playing was so entertaining. The first costume was a huge
black and white feathery creation, which did admittedly resemble a giant turkey. Singing Checkin' On Me, she was dressed in a leather jacket and sunglassses - incognito. Another 'outfit' saw her crammed between two large stuffed humanoid figures, one on her back, the other in front facing her (if you get the image?). And during Primitive there was much twining around the 2 (female) backing singers and (male) guitarist.
The backing singers / dancers added tremendously to the show, reminding me of Santogold's girls at Electric Picnic, but looser, less scripted.
For the last song, Slave To Love, the costume included a stuffed black and white tartan deer across her shoulders. This encore ultimately involved the 2 singers and Roisin in a choreographed kerfuffle, ending on the floor, with a mannequin's leg suddenly appearing at the end.
Terrific fun, an incredible performer.
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