Things That Happened- Best Behavior Review

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I was recently blessed with the chance to go to a The Sherlocks concert, and even more blessed that Best Behavior was their opening act. Best Behavior is a New York City based Indie Rock band, and the $10 entrance fee was worth it just for their show, not to mention the excellent The Sherlocks set which came after it.


So apparently this followup EP to 2015's Good Luck Bad Karma has been in the works since Say was released earlier this year, but I don't think they said it at their show and I never saw it on their channel until long after it was posted. The first song and title track, Things That Happened, launches the EP with a lo-fi whoop(which I am partial too ever since I was exposed to them earlier this year), then continues in a wordy but still relatively graceful verse backed by a driving bass. The buoyant chorus is catchy in a good way, not an ear worm, just good, and is well backed by the filtered guitar and possible synths. The second chorus makes masterful use of a second microphone with the drummer or bassist wordlessly singing to give it its tone(which they did live). As I wait, which is purportedly the group's favorite song, starts with a great guitar riff and melancholy verse in which the bass takes center stage, and continues into a slow chorus which still manages to sound good. The guitar isn't really the focus, but is very effective and gives clean electric guitar and riffing a good name. Say is possibly the best song on the EP, with it's atmospheric guitar and pure ease- it feels like Best Behavior at their best, and with publicity could be an Alternative hit. The last song and second single for the EP, Catherine No Chaser is very suave and is held down by an excellent rhythm section and guitar riff. It's a great anthem about dating in the city, and "You don't know what to say/ I don't know what to say/ I think we should talk some more at my place" and "Come on Catherine/ Let's make it happen" are as witty as they are humorous. They played this at their show, and it was about as good live.

I think that this band is definitely worth going to another show for, and I hope they do well in New York City, if not the rest of the country. I might post any song they didn't on YouTube, just so more people can listen to them, if I can.
 

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