PVRIS – Gig Review & Photo Gallery 5th December @ The Triffid, Bris QLD

PVRIS
The Triffid, Brisbane QLD
December 5, 2023
Support: Magnolia Park and CHEZ

Good Things is the most wonderful times of the year for heavy music lovers and this year was no different. Heading to The Triffid only a few days after the sweltering Brisbane leg of the festival helped to keep the good times alive.

First up was CHEZ, who if I had to guess based purely on crowd response, l’d say that this isn’t her first time to Brisbane… but apparently I’m shit at guessing. CHEZ is a fresh name in music for me however the haunting walk on track, stage washed in red, harrowing one-liner to mark her entrance and heart-thumping bass sure do tick a few of my boxes already. Chez takes the stage and damn this girl can sing!

'Self Sabotage', sets the mood of her show with vulnerable lyrics and a badass vibe while tracks like 'Liar Liar' lend themselves to crowd participation from the drop.

Things get fiery when CHEZ runs a finger down the chest of guitarist, Reece Lenzo and continues to strut the stage, gesturing her thumb to her lip… wait… did I just hear her sing “When I wipe you off my chin”!?!? …more spice than an S.J Tilley novel!

A blend of humor, sweet, and femme fatale made this WA bombshell the perfect way to begin an evening with PVRIS.

It’s been a gruelling run enduring back to back festival dates amidst a heatwave, and in the Australian summer to boot, but Floridian quartet, Magnolia Park, weren’t here to fuck around!

Like a bull out of the gates but with a couple less horns, guitarist, Tristan Torres, doubled as the band's hype man. Side to side, front to back, the only time the man stopped moving was to call for yet another circle pit.

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Joshua Roberts, a singer that woke up with a fucked voice after enduring three days of Good Things, absolutely killed it. Pushing through a high octane set including heavy hitters such as, 'Misfits', 'Do or Die' and 'Breathing' and somehow encouraging a room full of likely exhausted festival punters to crouch on the sticky floor and launch into sea of humans on command was a sight to be seen. Their song written for blondes, 'Addison Rae', gave me a heavier 'Stacy’s Mom' vibe.

Just as I was thinking that If American Pie was made in the 2020’s then Magnolia Park would be the soundtrack, they threw curveball after curveball after curveball. From pure swoon track 'Love Me', to the ferociously heavy 'Animal' and into an “un-rehearsed” cover of Fall Out Boy’s, 'Sugar Were Going Down'…seeming determined not to be pigeonholed, Magnolia Park were intent on giving their audience the experience of ADHD brain and the crowd was here for it!

Self-deprecation took human form when guitarist Tristan Torres orchestrated a self-imposed shoey out of his brand new Dunks. Why!?

Lynn Gunn is the hall pass for 90% of the women in this room, my married, supposed heterosexual self included, and it’s easy to see why! Despite being “half-alive” PVRIS boasted power and self-confidence in their final show of the year. The energy of the crowd seemingly revitalises Gunn as she slays through a massive 16-song set.

A silhouetted Gunn and piercing screams from the crowd launch the set into the stratosphere with the song that best reflects the pressure of the adversities the band has overcome since forming, 'I DON’T WANNA DO THIS ANYMORE'. The energy carries through to the groove inducing 'ANIMAL', fan favourite from Use Me, 'Dead Weight' and a shortened version of 'Fire' from their debut album White Noise.

The new record EVERGREEN that featured at number one on my Spotify wrapped and already felt SO huge is taken to another level with live renditions that just hit different. Hearing these new tracks with live drums felt enormous as PVRIS crushed through 'HYPE ZOMBIES', 'LOVE IS A…', 'SENTI-MENTAL' and 'TAKE MY NIRVANA' with sprinkles of PVRIS nostalgia in the form of 'Use Me' and 'Monster'. Lynn Gunn is a QUEEN and her powerful feminine energy transcends the crowd. She has a confidence I wish I could bottle and sell.

A beautiful spring birdsong blossoms into 'ANYWHERE BUT HERE' and incredibly crafted transitions lead us from 'Mirrors' into 'Hallucinations' where Gunn proves her place at the top of the food chain with her “record-flawless” falsetto. The break led to cheers and applause before fan favourite 'My House' with the screams of “Haven’t you heard / I’m not yours anymore” reverberating throughout The Triffid.

The highlight of the night was on the final song, their gargantuan banger, 'GODDESS'. Gunn has the whole room entranced, chanting the blanks “I’m a mother fucking brand” and “this shit is so exhausting.”

Fifty minutes, Iconic since it started. Hopefully, PVRIS won’t make us wait another five years for their return down under.

Gig Review by Flick Chamberlain

Photo Gallery by Mitch Chamberlain. Insta: @chamberlainmediaPlease credit Wall of Sound and Mitch Chamberlain if you repost.

CHEZ

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Magnolia Park

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PVRIS

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