A lot can change in a short space of time. When Circa Waves last played the Bodega just a few months back, the venue was half empty. Now the Liverpool-based band return to a sold-out crowd, with a triumphant set that stakes their claim as indie’s newest heroes.
The four-piece’s opening salvo is a blistering statement of intent as they tear through a raucous rendition of Young Chasers – a single which propelled them into the public consciousness in boisterous fashion.
Off the back of their latest single, So Long, Circa Waves have hit the road on an extensive UK tour. This comes after a summer of perfecting their live shows on the busy festival scene. This has clearly paid dividends as the band are now a genuine live force to be reckoned with, and their impeccable synergy throughout the set is testament to this.
The bulk of the group’s songs teem with the angst of young manhood, so it’s fitting that an ever-present mass of teenage fans brawl and mosh their way through every song at the head of the crowd, singing lyrics back word for word.
The Strokesian single Stuck In My Teeth is the night’s standout cut, with frontman Kieran Shudall professing: “I’m a little too young with not enough time.” Elsewhere, the track’s B-side, 100 Strangers, elicits the great Johnny Marr with its delicious earworm of an opening riff.
Get Away concludes a brief, yet rip-roaring, set. It’s a fitting finale which induces a mass sing-a-long and a stirring climax – rendering the venue into a cacophony of swelling feedback.
With the Bodega well and truly conquered and a debut album set for release early next year, it’s fairly evident that Circa Waves are destined for much higher climes.
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