Concert Review: Icarus The Owl

Icarus The Owl was the second band on the lineup last Thursday at Dante's.

They are a local indie band.

The lead singer was so unfailingly polite that when he mentioned playing hockey as a child I figured they were Canadian and it all made sense. Still, people in Portland are generally pretty polite.

There is a plaintive urgency to their songs. More recently they remind me of Household, but I can imagine fans of Jets to Brazil and Jeremy Enigk enjoying Icarus The Owl.

That is not just for the angst, but also an intellectual heft to the angst, that cares about aliens and orcas.

Yeah, they're pretty Portland.

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