Ms Mr live at Electric Ballroom

It's hard to believe that this band didn't know each other two and a half years ago. They owned the stage tonight at Electric Ballroom in Camden.

MS MR, Electric ballroom Camden

The New York duo comprised of Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow have been building momentum over the past few months following the release of their debut album Secondhand Rapture - an electro pop rock hipster sound reminiscent of Florence and the Machine and No Doubt. Recent gigs have included Glastonbury - not too shabby for a relatively new artist.

Opening with Bones, the band launched on to the stage and sang their way through three songs before addressing the crowd. It felt like we were witnessing something special as wide eyed and touchingly they continually thanked everyone for being there at their biggest headline gig to date and when they said how much it meant to them it was totally believable.

Lizzy Plapinger of MS MR

New single Think of You, all about being with someone who doesn't treat you very nicely, was the first opportunity to see the crowd unleashed as they sang along, word perfectly to this break up song. Either that or there were a lot of heartbroken angry gig goers in the room.


The live version of Ash tree lane showed off the bands credentials and their talents as performers as they mixed in LCD soundsystems 'dance yourself clean' towards the end and what a cover that was! It always nice to know a band can do more than just run through their album as it sounds on the cd.

The most touching moment came during the last song, first single Hurricane, when lead singer Lizzy looked choked up and disbelieving that this London audience knew all the words to her song.

The band were genuinely humbled by the sell out crowd

And that was it. No encore. They weren't lying when they said it was their last one and after an hour on stage and to rapturous applause they left with the crowd gagging for more.

They don't need be surprised that their gig sold out or that a packed out ballroom was singing along to their music. If this is what they have to offer after one album then they have a very bright future ahead and they'll be selling out bigger venues than this. For that reason I will treasure tonight and always be grateful I was there.



Check out the video for new single Think of You: