The Southeast Performer magazine reviewed our April 5th 2008 show with David Dondero, The Barnraisers & Noth Elementary.
Red backlights set the atmosphere for Doly Toro's hollow folk-rock, which was punctuated by Jamin Belmont's keen use of vocal emanations. Vocalist Jamin Belmont, sporting the first of the night's many plaid shirts, sang with a careless precision. His vocal warblings during choruses often seem ad-libbed, but are designed to set a contemplative mood over drummer Justin Tinkler's steady and vaguely tribal percussion. Keyboardist Lynn Casper handled some of the vocals, and the back and forth between Belmont and Casper culminated in their final and perhaps best song, "Truly A Mistake," where Belmont's long voice was punctuated by Casper's sharp inflections of "Die! Die!"
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