Live Review: The Staves, Lucius

The Chevron Gardens were buzzing with life for a Thursday night, everyone soaking up the summer weather before the cool months start to roll in. With a slight delay for the fireworks cracking over the Elizabeth Quay, the audience grew excited for Lucius, a four-piece indie-pop band straight from Brooklyn, New York who were about to perform for the first time in Australia.

Gracing the stage in matching black/red outfits with short blonde bobs, vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig launched straight into Go Home, their vocals perfectly harmonised as they sang into a ribbon microphone. The use of this microphone gave a more crisp and clear sound, the crowd could literally hear every single lyric. Their cover of Tame Impala's Eventually was great before they treated the crowd to new song Woman from their upcoming album Nudes, which launches 2 March.

Infectious indie pop tunes from Turn It Around to Almost Makes Me Wish For Rain got the crowd dancing and grooving to the beat while the incredible vocals cemented in the crowd's heads for days to come.

Under the twinkling lights, the crowd grew bigger, all eager for English folk-rock sisters The Staves to get this cool summer night rocking. The trio kicked off the set with If I Was, rhythm guitars creating dreamy sounds while their graceful vocals got the heartbreaks rolling. Their voices were just so angelic and powerful; they each definitely have a set of lungs on them. The crowd was mesmerised, moving from their seats to the mosh, wanting to be closer to the action. From their 2016 Sleeping In A Car album, the sisters killed their hit Outlaw with their soaring vocals and folk guitar riffs before smashing out Steady and Roses.

With hypnotic harmonies and deep, meaningful lyrics, No Me, No You, No More gave the crowd goosebumps while a new track gave them a taste of what's to come from The Staves. "Hmm sooo, Tim Tams… We are here for a few weeks so this could be a problem," Jessica Staveley-Taylor said as she spoke to the crowd about their first Australia experiences. Make It Holy was beautiful, the sisters intertwining voices and synthesised harmonies creating pure magic. There is something so hypnotic and graceful about their vocals, not only do they sing in harmony but each has their own spark. You know it's a great gig when you walk in knowing nothing about these acts and leaving absolutely mesmerised by both.