A soundcheck for two, what love sounds like in an empty concert hall

A soundcheck for two, what love sounds like in an empty concert hall

The voice of Australian indie-pop singer Mallrat, also known as Grace Shaw, drifted through the empty concert hall, sweet, unhurried, intimate. Her team placed two folding chairs in the center of the floor, a modest throne room for an audience of two. The air smelled faintly of stale beer and industrial cleaner. Overhead lights hummed softly.I reached for Warren's hand. Mallrat's voice had scored the soundtrack of our relationship. Now, hearing …