Still Listening Magazine - Local Summer Series
Still Listening Magazine
Local Summer Series – Vancouver Review
"Next up were Farhaven, a band I luckily managed to catch. The four-piece exuded boy-next-door-energy but managed to project a slick togetherness that commanded you take their ‘buttoned up, tucked in 60s revival style’ seriously. ‘Sing along to this next song if you know it,’ front man Thomas Van Alstine smirked, ‘mosh a little if you want’. When his pluck broke mid-song, he didn’t bat an eye. The drummer was set back from the group, cast into luxurious purples and blues which ensured for cinematic viewing. The jumpy pace of ‘Going Home’ had the crowd rocking hips and laughing out-loud, especially at the song’s concluding guitar solo and doubled vocals. By far the band’s biggest hit, the unskippable, romantic summer hit ‘Take my Number’ had the audience invested, bellowing back lyrics ‘take my number when you leave’. This was rivalled only by their closing cover of ‘Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked’ by Cage the Elephant, as big and riotous as the song’s sexy chorus requires. Farhaven gave something I hadn’t seen in a long time - a band improving before your very eyes, forming themselves in the dips between whistles from the crowd and ad-libs between songs. I’m excited to see where they go next."
Still Listening Magazine - Local Summer Series
Still Listening Magazine
Local Summer Series – Vancouver Review
"Next up were Farhaven, a band I luckily managed to catch. The four-piece exuded boy-next-door-energy but managed to project a slick togetherness that commanded you take their ‘buttoned up, tucked in 60s revival style’ seriously. ‘Sing along to this next song if you know it,’ front man Thomas Van Alstine smirked, ‘mosh a little if you want’. When his pluck broke mid-song, he didn’t bat an eye. The drummer was set back from the group, cast into luxurious purples and blues which ensured for cinematic viewing. The jumpy pace of ‘Going Home’ had the crowd rocking hips and laughing out-loud, especially at the song’s concluding guitar solo and doubled vocals. By far the band’s biggest hit, the unskippable, romantic summer hit ‘Take my Number’ had the audience invested, bellowing back lyrics ‘take my number when you leave’. This was rivalled only by their closing cover of ‘Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked’ by Cage the Elephant, as big and riotous as the song’s sexy chorus requires. Farhaven gave something I hadn’t seen in a long time - a band improving before your very eyes, forming themselves in the dips between whistles from the crowd and ad-libs between songs. I’m excited to see where they go next."