ALO and Dan Lebowitz

Animal Liberation Orchestra, aka. ALO opened their set with ‘I never learn but I don’t mind, I’m just waistin’ time, I never learn but I don’t mind, I’m just wastin’ time’…and they repeated this phrase of Wasting Time over and over until the audience were singing along with them. With four full length albums under their belt, I wasn’t sure what tracks the rock/ jam band were going to select, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that they chose to journey through their career, playing hits from across the decades.
As well as being talented singers, the band are all multi-instrumentalists, each playing a selection of guitar, keys, drums, ukulele, and pitching in on the vocals. Whilst in college, the members of ALO formed a 9 piece band and made an album ALO vs. LG, which gave them remarkable attention, before they stripped down to their four piece band.
They played The Way You Make Me Feel and had the whole audience singing along with the famous cover, and the insertion of interaction like this throughout the show kept everyone energised and on their toes. They played the most tracks from Sounds Like This, which was great, as I’d not heard any of those tracks live before. The vocal performances, as well as instrumental were incredible, and I think that ALO are really a band who are getting stronger with age. ..