We were back at South Street Seaport on this drizzly afternoon to catch The Hairs, the quirky, funny, catchy band of Brooklyn's Kevin Alvir, who put on a great little show by the Fulton Stall Market on South Street, part of the four week Sound Bites series.
Alvir, formerly of the duo Knight School -- both lo-fi bands were runners-up in The L Magazine's "8 Bands You Need to Hear" issues -- was joined by his bandmates Patty Conway and Ariel Zambenedetti, and they played the sprightly songs from their new seven-inch single Kool Gawd, from Magic Marker Records, before a crowd of forty or maybe fifty people.
We really liked "Scabies Babies" and "Women's Prison," songs that manage to combine a slightly sardonic, good-natured sensibility with Alvir's delightfully weaving poppy vocals.
"Duh! x 12" made us smile, too.
We didn't mind the drizzle as we stood in a blocked-off space on South Street in front of the market stall. The Hairs were the perfect cheer-up band for what had been a sleepy, dreary pre-July 4th Sunday.
We're grateful we got to catch their set at the Seaport this afternoon.
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