Brunswick's Stay Gold are celebrating their fourth birthday with a killer week of parties that tap right into their target demographic.
If you’re nostalgic for the good old noughties, celebrate four years of Stay Gold with a week of incredible acts. Kick off the week of parties this Thursday with Between You and Me, Terra and Silk Village. Then, you can join The Getaway Plan, Alt. and The Last Martyr on Friday.
NZ’s indie pysch band Daily J are taking over Saturday Night’s party and on Sunday there will be a special afternoon featuring Luca Brasi’s Tyler Richardson, Bec Stevens, Eaglemont plus The Smith and Western Jury.
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The last time we saw The Getaway Plan was a few years back now, but we were transported back to our collective youths – the crowd was instantly reminded of everything that made The Getaway Plan great a decade prior.
Singer/guitarist Matthew Wright is an exceptional vocalist with a mammoth range and a killer falsetto. Songs like Dark Horses sounded massive, due in part to the excessive amount of backing tracks being used. A super slow rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams may have been unnecessary, but Battleships was huge and closed out the first set with a bang.
After a short break, it was time for set two – the band’s debut album Other Voices, Other Rooms. This was the version of The Getaway Plan we all remember – huge choruses, driving rhythms and the occasional breakdown. Album openers Other Voices/Other Rooms and Streetlight kick started the mosh pit and singalongs.
The heavier, screamo elements of their sound still slayed after all these years and the band clearly still love playing every moment. An album track list isn’t always suitable as a gig set list though. The band had opted to skip over Where The City Meets The Sea – saving it for later in the set, and slow mid-album song A Lover’s Complaint fell flat.
As soon as Wright sang those four words, 200 phones were held aloft and the room exploded. Bodies were flying through the air and every pair of feet started moving. Where The City Meets The Sea is an absolute classic song and will clearly stand the test of time.
Tickets are available from: https://www.oztix.com.au.
