Huck and his Berries swiftly hopped offstage as Flowmotion took off without a second’s pause. This was indicative of the night’s flow, where a breathless current carried everyone towards a shared horizon. While the ultimate destination wasn’t always clear, every musician at the Ho Down helped paddle us further along. It’s no small thing to bring a mass of people together and actually create a communal experience, and this lineup all did their part. To wit, the BIG energy start to Flowmotion’s set, which played out like a lesser band’s festival encore and carried all the Hendrix-y build-up into their music. This is primo melodic rock grounded in rhythms that draw from Latin rock and juke joint blues to create expansive, dexterous groove music with hair on its chest and a quick step. This Seattle band has garnered a large, fervent following in the Pacific Northwest (including their annual Summer Meltdown Festival), and there’s gleeful rock gusto to what they do, and much like PMW, they seem ripe for wider discovery. On some surface level, I can see Phish lovers falling for Flowmotion, though lead singer-guitarist Josh Clauson is a stronger, more passionate singer than anyone in that famous quartet. This set ebbed and flowed from balls-out chargers to quite tender ballads, different sections showing Southern rock, Pink Floyd and other classic FM radio influences given a morphing, graceful turn of their own. High energy, charismatic performers and excellent, limber musicians, Flowmotion deserve an audience well beyond Washington State.

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Energetic Jimi Hendrix guitar bravado, driving funk bass lines and Clauson’s gruff vocals help ground the songs within the rock genre, while the band’s tendency to break into unscheduled improv keeps the live shows fun and flamboyant.

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For Flowmotion Publicity please contact:

Erin Bruce
StokedSiren Management
mgr@stokedsiren.com