It’s just about half-way through the busiest time of the year for sleepy old Adelaide, what with the Fringe, Adelaide Festival and the Clipsal 500 all making their presence in the city.
Despite all of this, everyone’s favourite up-and-coming synth rockers Clubfeet decided to be brave, and take a trip down for their Heirs & Graces album tour, knowing full well that crowds could either be bursting or humble in size.
With the band room opening late due to a Fringe performance – about as late as a regular show would have finished – fans of the Melbourne/Cape Town quintet were either heavily boozed or rife with anticipation (or maybe a little bit of both).
Up first, though, were Sydney/Adelaide electro-wave duo Collarbones. Their performance was simple – vocalist Marcus Whale sang his soulful RnB style vocals while partner Travis Cook manipulated the songs with a pad controller.
Their short set was nothing but a party for the excited crowd, with the closing of the performance seeing both members jump into a crowd and dance to their track for a solid few minutes before suddenly jumping up and shutting the macbook, effectively stopping their set.
While Clubfeet set up their array of instruments, a left-of-the-field audio/visual DJ by the name of Ego entertained onlookers with songs that included an Arnold Schwarzenegger workout session.
Clubfeet’s set was, fortunately, just as lively as the previous acts’ sets.
Touring off the back of their acclaimed second album Heirs and Graces, the mature but enjoyable set featured new tracks such as “Everything You Wanted”, “My Shadow”, and “Heartbreak”, as well as songs such as “Edge of Extremes” off of their debut Gold On Gold.
Overall, their set was a fantastic fusion of disco, pop, and contemporary rock. It’s also worth noting that the entire presence wasn’t too full on – it was easy to see that each band member was having a good enough time just performing for the audience without having to feel as though it was necessary to heavily encourage crowd participation.
Clubfeet must have felt pretty chuffed to be able to be a priority to so many on what was Adelaide’s busiest weekend, and it would be good to see the quintet bring their unique take on disco rock at a bigger venue in the future – where the dance party could be ever larger.
