KNOWER: funky, quirky electro duo with jazz chops Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi

That describes Björk's last two albums to a T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuhe1CpHRxY

Bumping because this is a jam

Finally got me to click so yeah.

A friend offered to give me one of his tickets to see Louis Cole so I went last night.

It was not *exactly* my thing but there was plenty of ridiculous musicianship for the jazz nerd in me. He has an other drummer/bass player (Nate Wood) whose drumming I actually liked better than his. His keyboard player, Chris Fishman, was insanely good. There were moments when it felt a little too much like one of those drummer expo bands (like Keith Carlock with some rando hired guns and synth programming), and others where you could squint and think you were at a Spyro Gyra concert. They were never not showing off.

Genevieve was the opener and I didn’t like most of her set, frenetic and “weird” a way that felt forced. I liked her on the Cole songs she sang on though.

Nate Wood is a legend, he's so frighteningly good. Although I can't imagine listening to his Four music (one person/octopus band) apart from watching the video. Kinda similar to Louis Cole actually, but LC has some good songs that stands on their own.

Yeah he had a few songs in the set that were relatively catchy/memorable for songs I had never heard before. He did just enough to keep it interesting and keep it from devolving into full blown music school circle jerk. Plus there was a palpable energy and vibe to the band as a whole, locked in really well together.

Been checking out some of the recorded stuff, it’s pretty strong overall but the weak link is his singing voice - just sounds thin and strained.

Yeah

Yeah, I don't love his voice

Feel like a thin, strained voice a much bigger problem than other kinds of unusual, unconventional, possibly unpleasant-sounding voices. See the recent Jonathan Richman discussion on controversial opinions.

Some of the songs could really be bangers with better vocals. I’d like to see him produce for other people or have more guest vocals.