Savages
Corona Theatre, Montreal
02-04-2016
It was my first time seeing Savages live since I couldn't make it during their first tour because of sickness while I was in Los Angeles a few years ago so I didn't really know what to expect and I found out soon enough.
I was standing in the front row at this show even if I got in pretty late, but I quickly found out that I was really lucky to be standing slightly to the left of the stage since most of the right side started a huge mosh pit almost as soon as the second song started. Getting too old to participate in this type of dance form and I usually just want to dance where I'm standing or listening to the band and with mosh pits around it's always hard to do so since I always lookout for potential hits. Anyways the whole moment stopped later in the show when the singer asked people to move closer to each other to avoid this and then she walked on the crowd and later bodysurfed for a while which was cool to see how she trusted the audience for a long time.
The band which consists of 4 women gave an incredibly hardcore performance with their post punk songs and attitude. The energy level of the songs and the singer were really high which gave more fuel to the crowd which enjoyed hitting each other and participating in the show. Only a few rare songs like Adore Life would calm people down...a bit.
Each member of the group had her own personality or way of playing in the band which was totally different from the bandmates
The singer was singing loudly and screaming sometimes, interacting with the crowd by going around and touching people, walking on the crowd and giving anecdotes.
While the guitar player gave a performance without giving away any emotions and seemed cold or really focused on her playing skills only looking at her guitar and standing still while playing during the entire set. The only moment she moved for a few seconds was during the last song to play near the drummer and came back to her previous spot after 1 minute which was funny in a way.
Watching the bassist was an entire different story since she was always dancing to the beat of the music, she seemed to really enjoyed the moment and the crowd, but she kept her eyes closed during the entire show which is quite unusual.
Finally the drummer was the person I watched the most during the show other than the singer since she played really hard by hitting her drums like crazy and she was always smiling while playing and at the crowd between songs.
The sober or lack of mise en scene really helped to focus entirely on the music itself. No need for extra fla fla when the music goes right through you with such intensity and loudness which sometimes made it impossible to hear the singer.
The encore interlude was actually played by the guitar player and the bassist who jammed until the singer and drummer came back on stage which is unusual, but way cooler as a fan!
The show was great, intense as was the crowd.
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