Live Review: The Preatures, Polish Club, Hair Die

"... The latter Manfredi sat at the electric piano for, announcing she wrote the song for her younger self."

As people began spilling into Enmore Theatre, the first of three Sydney bands, Hair Die, took to the stage. Brothers Cal, Sam and Monty Callaghan, along with vocalist Alys Hale, warmed up the crowd. Clad in matching outfits, the group rocked with some great punk rock tunes including their single Backburning.

Next up was duo Polish Club, who were there to have a good time and made sure everyone else did too. Their set was full of onstage banter and energy, delivering a huge sound and presence for a two-piece. They introduced their song Don't Fuck Me Over by telling all the under 18s in the crowd to block their ears, and performed an interesting cover of Savage Garden's Truly Madly Deeply with a lot of their own improvised lyrics.

The Preatures came out strong, opening with I Know A Girl followed by their new album's title track Girlhood. Isabella 'Izzi' Manfredi makes a captivating, entertaining frontwoman, putting lipstick on guitarist Jack Moffitt mid-song - the two maintaining great chemistry throughout the set.

The band looked straight out of the '70s: Manfredi in a leather jacket, Moffitt in flared pants, bassist Thomas Champion in a Hawaiian shirt and their back-up singers in matching dresses. They slowed down their set with Magic and Cherry Ripe, the latter Manfredi sat at the electric piano for, announcing she wrote the song for her younger self, for 16-year-old Izzi.

Before performing Yanada, which features lyrics in the Indigenous Darug language of Sydney, Manfredi informed the audience that they want more people speaking Indigenous languages, and as a non-Indigenous woman born in Australia she still resonates with the sound.

The audience asked for one more song, but were treated with two. Manfredi returned to the piano, and showed off her powerful voice with Your Fan, the first song written for the new album. For the final song of the night, fan favourite Is This How You Feel? from Blue Planet Eyes, she poured water on herself and then the audience as everyone danced along - a perfect end to the night.