CHASING TRAITS + PSYENCE + MOLOTOV REVIVAL + LEAVING NEBRASKA

The sudden start to Leaving Nebraska’s set seemed to take the crowd by surprise as they launched into their first song of the night. The band have quite a unique sound and they seem to have a lot of influences and genres flowing through their music; at times they managed to create quite an orchestral sound.

The bass guitar was slightly overpowering at times but that was through no fault of the band. It was clear that the band had worked hard on their own material and the instrumentals were well rehearsed and polished. I thought they could have spoken to the crowd more throughout the set but having said that, the transitions from song to song were very smooth.

Molotov Revival had a powerful opening to their set and they seem to have established their sound as a band. With a very rock ‘n’ roll and bluesy feel to their music, they definitely captured the crowd. The whole of the band had great stage presence especially the singer, Phil Wagg. They had a lot of energy and a lot of bass to their songs. There could have been more variation in terms of the tempo of the songs but other than that, their music is really fresh and well put together.

Echoing vocals can be difficult to pull off in a positive way, but for Psyence, this worked perfectly! Their energy on stage is amazing and the synth added more depth to the sound. As a band they communicate well and put on a really good live show. The heaviness of their music and instrumentals is balanced out by Steve Pye’s smooth vocals; they sounded well-rehearsed and the music had lots of different levels to it.

From the chanting and stomping in the crowd, it was clear how excited everyone was to see the headlining band. The band’s energy seemed to spread throughout the venue and captured the crowd. Brad Malbon’s opening vocals were very impressive and it was obvious that the band were really enjoying themselves throughout the set.

Despite the set being very short, the crowd seemed to really enjoy it and so did the band. Their last song ‘Enigma’ from their EP of the same name went down a storm. Luke Scrivens’ vocals were soft and clean and the band created a multi-dimensional sound, despite being only a 4 piece band. They had a really good live sound and also put on a really great show, so much so that the crowd were left chanting for more at the end of the night.