After the Vampire Weekend show at 7pm in the Haight, I took the #7 bus to SOMA to check out a “groundbreaking event combining a 20-piece orchestra, DJs, lighting, and art installations” at Mezzanine by a group called Mercury Soul.
I can’t really give a proper review to Mercury Soul because, quite honestly, I wasn’t paying attention to the music very much. My friends and I sat in the upstairs where the music was a distant second-interest to our own conversations. Every so often I’d glance down and see the orchestra playing … but I could never seem to catch on to the melody (if there was one). The DJ interludes between each of the pieces were far less ‘challenging’ to enjoy.
Even though I didn’t really like the music much, I am still glad these types of things exist and hope that one day I’ll find one that speaks to me. (Perhaps it is my confirmation bias and post-purchase rationalization bias that keeps me going.)
And for comparison: Zap! by EnsembleRobot at the Museum of Sciencewas even more discordant than Mercury Soul and, worse, that show made everyone pay attention to the music; at least I could still enjoy the night.