"The speed and brashness at which Polish Club plays sometimes make you forget how soulful the two-piece can be."
Tasmanian Maddy Jane drew a crowd tonight. As much as she can hold her own when flying solo, it was nice to see her with a band in tow. Her uplifting single Drown It Out resonated throughout the venue as the crowd basked in her warm vocals and down to earth stage persona.
If you've been keeping an eye on Polish Club's Facebook as of late, you'd have noticed a few clips featuring their manager Lucian Romanowski hanging about. Well tonight, Polish Club got a very special introduction by Romanowski before bounding on stage to blow out our eardrums with reckless abandon (but hey, this was rock'n'roll baby).
My House got the crowd rowdy up the front and got hips shaking towards the back and sides, which was ramped up when singer/guitarist Novak encouraged us to go crazy for the camera so they could get their music played in America and make rock'n'roll look cool again.
The set seemed to be flying by, but Novak put that down to John-Henry Pajak playing songs at three times the speed they were recorded - evident by the sweat dripping off him at the end of each track.
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The speed and brashness with which Polish Club plays sometimes make you forget how soulful the two-piece can be, but that skill was flaunted with a stripped-back rendition of Divided and a sultry cover of Ginuwine's Pony.
Everyone in the room was waiting for Beeping and If It Was Me made even the most reticent dance.
Bluesy Able closed the set in an abrupt fashion, but, not to leave us hanging, Pajak's dad came out and played The Chicken Dance on accordion before Polish Club returned to round out their blistering set with their Never Be Like You Like A Version.