Live Review: The Rubens

The final show of The Rubens' Corona Sunsets Tour was a perfect closer to what has likely been an exhausting tour for the band. Playing numerous dates across Perth over one month, it was impressive to see that the band members had any stamina left to actually pull off a raucous show.

The Aviary was packed to the brim with a mostly young crowd. Lead singer Sam Margin sported long hair and a insurmountable quantity of beard, so it was easy to liken him to some rock messiah. Cycling through the tracks that made the band big, it felt like the band didn't even have to try to get the crowd to warm up (although the venue was open since 11am so there was plenty of time for punters to get cooked on Corona).

Braving the odd drizzle didn't bring down the mood, with the band carrying on nonchalantly. Punters were not edging from the bar and forcing themselves to get a closer look at the band through a sea of sweat and spilt beer.

Things went into overdrive when the band threw themselves into tracks like Cut Me Loose, with punters crashing into head-bopping overdrive. Margin briefly jumped into the crowd, being swallowed by the hungry mass of the punters. With only his microphone lead acting as anything close to a lifeline, a stage assistant smirked cheekily as he held the mic lead and prevented Margin from getting swallowed whole by the punters wildly trying to touch him and take advantage of the selfie opportunity.

One of the greatest moments of the brief set was when Margin was hanging in the crowd and his brother, lead guitarist Zaac, took the role as a hype man. With the crowd going wild over the two, they started compelling the crowd to chant the band's name, the response from the crowd was mesmerising.

Finishing up on Hoops, the punters were left stunned by The Rubens' unique brand of alt-rock.