Rock and Pop: Review - James Yuill @Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
Published: 17 June 2010
by NORMANDIE HOCHE
IF you didn’t know that James Yuill is a musician, you may not guess at first glance.
Judging by his geek chic panoply (glasses, tie, white shirt, suit trousers) you would think he’s a businessman that’s just come out of his office in the City.
And even though you know what this Londoner actually does and looks like, as you are waiting inside the venue for his cosmic sound to tease your ears, you may find it hard to believe some energetic folktronica is about to pop out of the long skinny silhouette of the bespectacled guy shyly appearing on the stage.
And yet, last week at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen he largely proved he is not only a musician but a magician. Yuill is gifted with ubiquity. He is a one-man band.
Armed with laptop, acoustic guitar and tender voice, he spreads his peaceful lyrics on both heavy alternative beats and aerial melancholic melodies.
Yuill brilliantly manages to keep every single thing he does under control, except for his audience. The people there were restless.
With forthcoming album No Pins Allowed, Yuill repainted the black walls of the venue with joy.