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Death At Sea have been subject to much hype of late; already familiar faces on the Liverpool scene, the band have more recently had jaunts to London as well as having their single Drag recognised as Zane Lowe’s ‘hottest record in the world’.
Clearly Death At Sea are ecstatic to be playing to their home crowd and their exuberance leads to lots of frenzied jumping around on-stage. It’s exciting times for the band at the moment and their anticipation at being on the cusp of something is tangible in their set.
They play favourites such as the aforementioned Drag, whilst seemingly effortlessly blasting the crowd with their perfectly executed indie tunes. The only disappointment here is they didn’t play one of their best songs - Selfless.
Palma Violets take no prisoners in this euphoric set. The band have a penchant for wearing night-shirts on-stage and tonight is no exception with the drummer taking his turn in the get-up.
The guitarist conjures up an image of an even more crazed than usual Jerry Lee Lewis alongside the equally manic bassist. However, the keyboard player takes it all in his stride with a juxtaposed calm to the madness.
Having not being too familiar with Palma Violets I was blown away with their set. The band fuses sinister garage rock with a raw feel that radiates a contagious energy.
Just when you thought it would be impossible to follow Palma Violets explosive set all girl post-punk band Savages step-up.
Savages, in contrast to Palma Violets, produce a darker yet none-the-less breathtaking set. In the vein of sultry post-punk Savages state ‘that music can still be straight to the point, efficient and exciting’ and they succeed in achieving this.
Most notably they are a breath of fresh air in the stale suffocating haze of female bands. Savages stand out from the undistinguishable females who focus more on prancing on –stage in their sparkly hot pants than the music.
Savages are the Tank Girl of their field. They are fierce but alluring and the somewhat androgynous look of certain members only adds to their individuality.
But, most importantly, it is the music that speaks for itself and the culmination of all of this makes for a mesmerising set.
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