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Review: Cub Sport, The Louisiana – ‘A mix of genres combined to create beautiful soundscapes’
The Louisiana rippled with a vibrant intensity as I arrived to see Cub Sport.
A beautiful bank holiday Monday in the sun was behind us and the audience felt raring and ready to go as we waited in the sunset for the event to kick off.
Harry Strange kicked off the proceedings, with a set that energised the audience through a range of synth-heavy hits and the energy to match.
is needed now More than ever
The lyrics were raw and straightforward, capturing everything from those first feelings of queer love to coming to terms with yourself.
His half-hour ended with a rip-roaring good time where he jumped into the audience to mosh along with the rest of us. Definitely one to watch in the future.
Cub Sport, an Australian four-piece group, have recently embarked on a tour to celebrate their fifth studio album, Jesus at the Gay Bar.
The album is full of dance-heavy tracks that celebrate being happy and living as your true self and in my opinion is their best work to date!
The spectacle started before the music even began, when the band took to the stage and all eyes were on lead singer Tim Nelson in his bedazzled leather jacket quoting their song Always Got The Love which they immediately launched into.
Cub Sport’s arrangements are like no other, a mix of club, house, pop and dance that somehow combines to create beautiful but unexpected soundscapes.
The show hinged on the excellent stage presence of Nelson, who you could tell was having a blast and thriving off the energy the crowd was giving bast.
Tracks from the joyful Jesus at the Gay Bar were the highlight of the set, but the band also took the time to perform some more classic material.
They performed work from their album released during COVID which they had not had much of a chance to perform and finishing off with probably their most well known hit Come On Mess Me Up.
Main photo: Kyran Wood
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