Live Review: Tired Lion, Tiny Little Houses, Glasswave

WA natives Tired Lion rocked out at Badlands to celebrate their latest single launch Cinderella Dracula. Kicking off the night was local punk outfit Glass Wave, a band that gave off some serious proto-Violent Soho vibes. Raw, visceral and loud, it was all you could have wanted from a support act, their screams getting on to the right track immediately. They showed blistering potential - expect them to mature into something awesome.

Tiny Little Houses were the second support act to bring a more chilled, emotive lo-fi zeal to the stage. Their sound would suit the soundtrack for just about any film featuring at Sundance, but the band brought out that chilled vibe successfully, allowing a small crowd to materialise and appreciate their laid-back drum beats and guitar riffs.

For Tired Lion, the night felt very much like a celebration for the fans, with a few band members drinking among punters pre-gig. They opened with the rapturous drums of Figurine and the punters who had coalesced around the stage were hungry for the grungy goodness of Tired Lion.

The inevitable mosh pit halfway through their set, with crowdsurfing and thrashing aplenty, was a hysterical, if not awesome, sight. Observing the spectacle from above at the bar it was clear the crowd were buzzing, and entering the mosh itself was like being thrown into the eye of a hurricane.

The band's set was spotless. Lead singer Sophie Hopes thrashed away on guitar and pumped out her piercing vocals, while drummer Ethan Darnell, deftly cheeky, peppered onstage jokes with air horn samples. Smashing out I Don't Think You Like Me and Agoraphobia, Tired Lion dove into newly minted single Cinderella Dracula, the crowd going mental. Finishing up with a cover of Blur's Song 2, the band's own unique take on the Britpop hit created an interesting vibe where London met Seattle. At the chorus, the concert hit overdrive, and as the band signed off it was clear the punters wanted more.