Ain’t Tellin’ The Truth tour has sadly come to an end for Australia. Punters in Perth gathered to see Bluejuice before they grace the United Kingdom and the United States with their playful larrikin personas and lose-your-inhibitions-and-just-move music. Supporting the Australian tour are their homeboys The Holidays from Sydney.
Warming up the set was local band, Boys Boys Boys! Attire was a bright array of colourful tights and golden winged shoes. Full of energy and armed with modern doo-wop songs, the trio make one entertaining girl band. Lots of cheesy synchronised dance moves but still enough sass get out of the bedroom and rock out!
Question: What would The Holidays bring to a deserted island? Answer: Guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, conga set and of course – a cow bell. The percussions give The Holidays something more to add to the pop sound; a mellow, wild, tribal feel – tunes to which you could sip pina coladas on an island getaway. With a voice that can send you into a trance – front man, Simon Jones tore his way through a fun, funky and soulful set list. The energy started out very strong and connected to the audience but toward the end showed some fourth-gig-in-a-row fatigue.
Bluejuice finally stepped out and Capitol erupted in cheers and fist pumps. Looking to start a fight, wearing leather jackets, skinny jeans and a crazy look in their eyes – front men Jake Stone and Stav Yiannoukas took on some well enthused punters. Stony-faced Yiannoukas meant business and Stone got his rockin’ roll swagger on leaning closer to the front row followers and projecting a cannonball of energy. Don’t expect ballads from these guys – they enjoy the high energy sound of hip-hop, electro rock with a dash of aggression.
Considering themselves quite the comedians, Stone made a point about how they spent $450 on Indian food and needed to take a dump. We listened intently, we laughed politely but you really had to be there to think a comment like that was funny.
The guys went more gaga than the girls when the shirts came off. Stone sucked on Yiannoukas’s shoulder-blade in some good-natured bromance. Bluejuice are nice guys; thanking the venue, Boys Boys Boys! and The Holidays, asking everyone if they’re doin’ okay – and if you’re hardcore dancing/thrashing/head banging in the front they’ll throw you a cup of cold water.
What’s an intimate rock show without some young males wanting to do some crowd surfing and scoring some stage time? Security had to get violent and Yiannoukas expressed how ticked off he was. It’s all well and good to begin with, until you out-stay your welcome and step on some poor girls head.
Debut single Vitriol, sent punters into frenzy. Uniformed and cult like, punters jumped up and down higher and harder. Latest singles Broken Leg and Ain’t Tellin’ The Truth had similar reactions.
The encore brought the night to an awkward end. What started off as a friendly dance off ended up in a violent punch up with over half the punters concentrating more on getting out of the way than The Holidays joining Bluejuice for Medication. A shame if you missed out, the additional percussion worked really well with the heavy electro rock, adding something raw, tribal and completely enjoyable – that is of course, if you didn’t get assaulted
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