Live Review: Hanson

Look no further Perth, the solution to alcohol-fuelled late night violence has been found: just play Hanson. The atmosphere at Metros Freo was absolutely bubbling with love, nostalgia and excitement to see the blonde trio take the stage and transport us back to 1997. The sold-out crowd consisted mostly of 20-something year old females bonding over mutual obsession and a few dutiful boyfriends maintaining low profiles – okay maybe they won't react so pleasantly to the '90s trio of brothers...

Opening appropriately with Waiting For This from their latest offering Shout It Out, the screaming started and rarely subsided throughout the almost two-hour set. Swapping instruments and vocals throughout, the brothers cruised through tunes new and old, dishing out nothing but crowd pleasers from their 20-year history like Thinking Of You, Penny and With You In Your Dreams. Everyone present collectively accessed that area of the brain dedicated to storing song lyrics and matched Taylor Hanson word for word.

Eventually the time came and as the opening bars of MMMBop played you could practically hear bucket list's being ticked. For those lucky enough to actually be able to glimpse the stage through the sea of iPhones capturing the moment, it was obvious Hanson are still as thrilled to play the song that made them today as they were 15 years ago – which is pretty impressive in and of itself.

With that anticipated moment out of the way the brothers were free to indulge in a jam session and show off the skilful musicianship behind all the pop. In a rather absurd range of covers Isaac took advantage of the raging oestrogen and serenaded the ladies with Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On before closing with a cheesy salute to their down under fans with an AC/DC tribute. Rounding out the night the brothers lapped up the love and gave it back with our other favourite blonde Taylor; Ms Swift's latest single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. A two-hour blast from the past that satisfied the inner 12-year-old in a lot of women at least double that age now.