IT wasn’t my typical Wednesday night, thrashing in a sea of punk fans belting out “go f*** yourself” as beer and god knows what else was being thrown into the air – but there I was.
My most recent gigs haven’t been quite as rambunctious but Amyl and the Sniffers proved why this certain type of genre is still needed and very much relevant today.
The Aussie pub punk rockers played an exhilarating set at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on Wednesday night as part of a tour of their latest album Cartoon Darkness.
Supported by an uprising Atlanta band called Upchuck, the night got off to a rather passionate start as the band let their anger over the morning’s US election results flow through their performance.
The lead singer KT gave a poignant speech before smashing through the five-piece band’s hits such as Freaky and Facecard.
This theme was very much carried on by the headliners as they made their way on stage with the screams of “F*** Trump” as they kicked off their first song ‘Doing In Me Head’.
In her signature hot pants, bleach blonde shaggy hair and a lime green halter neck top, Amy Taylor graced fans with her infamous tongue-out pose.
Amyl and the Sniffers: Glasgow O2 Academy
Setlist:
Doing in Me Head
Freaks to the Front
Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)
Jerkin’
Do It Do It
Security
Guided by Angels
Knifey
Bailing on Me
Maggot
Motorbike Song
Chewing Gum
Big Dreams
It’s Mine
Got You
Tiny Bikini
Me and The Girls
U Should Not Be Doing That
Facts
Hertz
Balaclava Lover Boogie
GFY
The Melbourne four-piece, formed in 2016, have now released three studio albums and they did not disappoint in honouring all of them.
They throttled through much-loved hits such as ‘Freaks to the Front’, ‘Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)’ and ‘Security’.
Frontwoman Taylor, 28, even swigged a pint of Buckfast – much to the Scots’ delight – as she aptly screamed the lyrics “Let me into your pub, I’m not that drunk”.
The band made sure to showcase their new album with new-found favourites such as ‘Chewing Gum’, ‘Big Dreams‘ and ‘Tiny Bikini’ before the hotly-anticipated performance of ‘Got You’.
Aussie Taylor took pauses between anthems to tell the crowd about her holiday to the Highlands before questioning “Why is it so dark so early here?”
The crowd erupted even more when the band belted out their recent hit ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’ before leaving the crowd for their encore with ‘Hertz’.
With only a three-minute wait, they were back to finish things off by smashing through ‘Balaclava Lover Boogie’ and ‘GFY (Go F*** Yourself)’.
Which takes me back to my initial statement – not my typical Wednesday night at all, but a fantastic one to say the least.
