Photos of Lake Street Dive from 2022 Hinterland Festival in St. Charles, IA
Photos of Lake Street Dive at Central Park SummerStage in New York, NY on August 24th, 2021
Photos of Lake Street Dive at 2021 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI
Photos of Lake Street Dive at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on June 11th, 2017
Photos of Lake Street Dive at Wooly’s in Des Moines, IA on March 5th, 2017
Photos of Lake Street Dive at 2016 Hinterland Festival in Des Moines, IA
Photos of Lake Street Dive at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on November 15th, 2014
Photos of Lake Street Dive at 2014 Boston Calling in Boston, MA
Photos of Lake Street Dive at Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NY on June 20th, 2014
We’re slowly emerging from the COVID crisis, at least hopefully, but one still wonders whether a good time will ever be had again. Not just the pandemic but all the issues raised, yet not tackled, weigh upon us. Trying to take some of that load off is Lake Street Dive with their pop-soul Obviously.
Reminiscent of the more mainstream soul of the eighties (ask your parents…), pieces like the catchy opener “Hypotheticals” and following wry soul-rock “Hush Money” do bring good times. But Obviously also gets into things, such as the trials of “Being a Woman” and the global warming future of the kids just “Making Do”. Admittedly, the group can get a bit maudlin (like “Nobody’s Stopping You Now”), and when the charm isn’t full-on, it’s not that memorable, but the charm is full-on in some like the very smooth “Same Old News” and the get together “Know That I Know”.
Who knows what the rest of 2021 holds (who would have guessed where we are now, one year ago?), but Lake Street Dive draw nicely upon the past for the very nice Obviously.
