LIVE REVIEW: An evening with Tyne-James Organ
An evening with Tyne-James Organ is one where tunnelling agony coincides with only the tenderest of love. A beautifully excruciating performance that opens up old wounds. His raw vocals carried the audience on an emotional train ride through heartbreak city. The soft and weepy indie rock artist captures grief and pain in a new light, with nude lyrics that melt into the listener’s souls like molten gold.
Tyne struck a chord (or more) in Perth’s secret grunge basement known as Lucy’s Love Shack; the home of punk, rock and live indie music. With dull lit dungeon vibes, late-night pizza and cocktails of character, this place has a personality way cooler than your mum’s ex-boyfriend. The stage was intimate and cosy, summoning forward young couples from the 80s-style diner booths that play hide and seek around the maze-like bar. Coloured globe lights hung over decades of band posters, like an unconventional Christmas with friends.
A boy from country New South Wales who wears his heart on his sleeve, sung in what can only be described as an utterly moving experience. He understands loss and reaches an emotional intensity with his poetic artistry and heartfelt ballads. Tyne’s timbre mimics the warmth felt in lonely laundromats on a cold winter's day. His show wasn’t all tears and sleeve tissues however. Tyne didn’t mind throwing in some cheek with his audience. A tennis match of banter between Tyne himself and an audience member that he went to school with back in Woonona, a northern suburb of Wollongong, kept the crowd entertained.
The now Melbourne-based heartthrob attacked his blood red guitar in fine form, despite having his arm bandaged and hand broken. He was in no need to go to a second hand store anytime soon though, his worked just fine. Effortless vulnerability was seen in the 24-year-old’s ‘Watch You Go’, A teary tribute to his late father Rikki Organ, who lost his battle to cancer in 2016. Tyne expressed gratitude throughout his set and pleaded with the audience to hold their family tight.’
Tyne has a distinct voice that scrapes a depth similar to that of Dermot Kennedy’s and a song-writing ability that resonates with DMAs . He has also covered songs by Chet Faker and Frank Ocean with Aussie hip hop artist and good friend Allday on YouTube. Tyne and his talented band got the crowd jumping in ‘I’ll Get By’ and invited the audience into a dreamy rock trance with their cover of The Cure’s ‘Friday I’m in Love.’ He may have had a broken hand, but his feet were far from broken, as he smoothly grooved to the edgy melody of fan favourite ‘Graceful’.
Tyne wasn’t the only one to kick up a storm, support acts Grace Saunders and Noah Dillon also put on a decent number. Grace bedazzled with the soulful voice of an angel, giving off major 2011 Emma Watson vibes with her female empowerment commentary and ultra cute pixie do. She teasingly mocked her boyfriend for getting jealous over her dog and played chords that seamlessly transported the audience into a sphere of self-discovery.
Next up was WA boy Noah Dillon, with naughty curls that bounced to the beat of the bass. His four piece alternative rock band energised the crowd like a lightning bolt to a string of country power lines. Noah’s presence on stage had the same familiarity as chatting with an old friend. The singer-songwriter swayed on stage to ‘You Did it to Yourself’ and erupted into a rage of indie rock with ‘Maggots.’ He bled out in his melancholic and moving ‘Jersey St’, written after losing his beloved grandmother, casting listeners back to a brimful of memories within their own gran’s homes and hearts.
Tyne-James Organ released his EP Persevere last month and is currently touring Australia. The best part? He left promising his Perth fans that he’ll be back for more shows.
