Oh MercyStarting things off to a smallish crowd, Split Seconds took to the stage and delivered a great set that treated the audience to All You Gotta Do and Bed Down. Giving the band more reason to celebrate was the birthday celebrations of guitarist Rhys Davies, which vocalist Sean Pollard made mention of to the crowd. As Top Floor rounded things off, the band finished up a very early but solid set.
Next up was Brisbane band Millions who delivered the goods to a slightly growing crowd. But it was set closer Slow Burner, which has been getting a fair amount of airtime on the radio, that got a slightly inhibited crowd moving.
As Oh Mercy took to the stage, frontman Alexander Gow wore a gold jacket that tied in beautifully with the gold foil streamers hanging as a backdrop. Opening the night up with Deep Heat, the set was funk driven from the beginning, with a large proportion of the crowd dancing as Gow entertained them, and it was literally Gow doing the entertaining with the other members of the band not really putting too much input into any crowd interaction. With My Man, Rebel Beats, Pilgrim's Blues, Fever and Suffocated representing the band's new album, it was a slightly altered Keith St. that was played for the audience. As Millions came back on stage to sing happy birthday for guitarist Cliff who is filling in for Simon Okely, they stayed on to play Drums, with the Bakery stage packed with dancing and singing, creating quite the party for themselves and wrapping up a set that was all about the fun(k).
