Hello everyone…welcome to Xustralia! It’s been a while since my last post however I’ve been ill and I am now very much ready to get back at it!
On Friday April 15 I was able to go and see one of my new favourite bands live at the Academy 3 concert venue in Manchester. The 5 person all-male band from London performed to a sell-out show as part of their first headline tour in promotion of their debut self titled album.
Doors opened at 7:30pm and the band were supported by new and upcoming bands Secret Company and Model Aeroplanes. Personally I found Model Aeroplanes’ performance the best out of the two due to their excellent use of bass and unconventional approach to strobe lighting.
The band themselves took the stage at around 9:30pm and performed a 10 song set.
Their stage presence could not be faulted as they continuously interacted with the crowd whether it be telling us to put our hands up, insisting we sing along during the performance of “Cruel” (this moment was particularly special as the entire crowd lit up the room via phone torchlight) or initiating an Ibiza themed dance over to determine which portion of the room had the funnest fans.
The band poked fun at mainstream artists ways of being summoned back on stage for encores by telling the crowd: “we’ll go out here (after the ending of “Cruel”) for about two minutes and you all think of something creative to shout in order to bring us back”. The band then returned to the stage to end the show with a two song encore consisting of “It Gets Cold” before closing with fan favourite “Friends”.
The show was certainly one of the best I’ve seen and if an alternative rock-pop sound is something you like then this is definitely a band worth checking out, personally I cannot wait to see what they do in the future and will definitely be seeing them live again.
Until next time…thank you for visiting Xustralia!
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