Review: Krooked Tounge, Dareshack – ‘A magnetic trio’

Ahead of the bank holiday, we visited Dareshack for a night of unexpected and high energy rock performance. Headlining tonight’s show was the Bristol based alternative rock band Krooked Tongue.

Tonight’s venue was one of their pit stops for this Bristol trio’s EP tour – Deathproof.

Performing in their home grounds, this rapidly rising and genre-adventurous band radiated their infectious energy onto the crowd, making each person in the audience feel at home, amid expanding mosh pits and tireless headbanging.

Lucky Thief kick started the evening with unparalleled dynamism, shaking the appearing audience to the core with their interchangeable guitar and drum solo.

However, the grunge vocals acted as star of the show, as the succession of tracks blended perfectly and the crowd swiftly picked up on the energy that should be expected for the rest of the evening.

As the band and the crowd warmed up to each other, there was this prominent synthesis not only between the members of the band, the vocals and the instruments, but also between the stage and the audience. Everything came together in one electric ball of energy.

For the Lucky Theif’s first performing gig, they delivered an astonishing performance. Their track Nomad created a magnetic atmosphere within the venue, shedding the division between the artist and the audience.

It was an incredible way to kick off the evening!

As the crowd warmed up, and the mosh pits and headbanging ensued, the following opening act definitely took it up a notch.

We were now on the other spectrum of the rock genre – where the heavier guitar riffage and rawness of the metallike tones of the vocalist disturbed the Dareshack, shook its walls and split the crowd into two to form an even bigger chaotic disarray.

Iota filled the space with thunderous dynamism reminding us what naked emotions should feel like, helping us release all the pent-up anger and unwanted energy.

Intensity and passion charged each track, making the whole performance a very unique and personal experience.

When Oli, Dan and Harry ascended onto the stage, exhilarated vitality radiated from the crowd, transcending from the audience to the artist.

The room quickly filled up with fans who supported the band from day one and those who only recently came across this magnetic trio.

Standing right in front of the stage, you could feel each guitar riff and drum beat going through your body, leaving us with no other choice but to dance us heads off.

Suddenness and synchronicity were imbued into each track, with Oli Rainsford delivering a compelling vocal completion, while ensuring an uninterrupted alliance between the guitar, drums and the vocal.

When the Beaches Bleed and Velociraptor energized the crowd with a string of electric vitality, bridging the gap between alternative rock and 2000’s pop punk era.

A mixture between Fall out Boy and Muse can be seen as close influential relatives to this emerging band.

Backseat Therapy and Lupines were one of the more soul-stirring and emotive tracks, with a slight hint of grunge and gloominess.

Taking these tracks out of their new EP album, they projected an enchanting and entranced atmosphere, provoking the crowd to change the rhythm from hard-and-heavy to a swaying trance.

Krooked Tongue parted on a climatic note, as the crowd chanted for ‘one more song’ and the band came out with their best yet guitar solo in I Wanna Steal Your Car.

The prolonged solo was a flawless finisher to tonight’s performance, as the band left with a bang and the crowd was left in ecstatic awe.

Kroooked Tongue have unquestionably made an impressionable and unforgettable appearance and we hope to see this energy back in Bristol very soon.

Main photo: Anastasia 

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