Live Review: Yumi Zouma, Spirit Faces, YEEVS

Sydney alternative/rock band YEEVS slaughtered our eardrums as the first, overly energetic support act of the night. The band's deafening roar seemed to have some effect though on one lonesome audience member wearing a cap, sunglasses and fingerless leather gloves on the D-floor, who was softly bending, waving, crouching and blissfully playing air guitar to the frantic noise blasting from the stage.

As the second support act to hop up on stage, Sydney trio Spirit Faces somehow fell on the complete opposite side of the music spectrum. One really wonders what genre they would classify themselves as. After watching them perform for over half an hour, as a listener you're pretty much guaranteed to still be unsure. Their sound was probably best described as confusing, underwhelmingly random, mellow, kind-of-electronic repetitive beats and taps, with each follow-up track annoyingly almost indistinguishable from the one before.

New Zealand four-piece Yumi Zouma broke tradition and played on the venue's dance floor, kicking off with the first track off their self-titled debut EP, A Long Walk Home For Parted Lovers. The sound was slightly muffled with the first few tracks and this issue remained unsolved for most of their set. However, they did nonetheless manage to create an adorable, boppy '80s vibe during their set, particularly when playing an organic, stripped-back version of The Brae. It was followed by another track off their EP, Sålka Gets Her Hopes Up which was an elegantly charming highlight to their set.

Vocalist Kim Pflaum delivered whispery, pixie-like vocals while a couple of audience members swayed, weaved and waved in the crowd. It felt a little like an intimate performance art piece being held in someone's living room or garage space. This worked though, despite the ongoing sound problems, Yumi Zouma soldiering on through the show.