Wolf Alice with Body Type at Big Top Sydney 26th April 2022
Photos & Review By: Emerald Violet
There is truly no greater experience than seeing one of your favourite bands perform live. It really is a magical moment of euphoria when you can watch them up on stage playing through songs that mean so much to you, songs that connect with your heart and your soul. For me, I got to live a dream of mine and photograph that band that means so much to me - Wolf Alice.
It has felt like forever since we have seen international artists hit our shores amid the pandemic but finally that seems to be changing as UK band Wolf Alice touch down in Australia to not only play at Groovin The Moo festivals, but to delight their fans with three headlining dates in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. The Sydney show took place on a cold and rainy Tuesday night at Luna Park’s Big Top, but the rain certainly didn’t scare anyone off as more and more fans filled through the park and eagerly headed inside for the show to begin.
Sydney four-piece Body Type hit the stage as the supporting band for the night and man were they impressive. They each had such great energy throughout the entirety of their set that the crowd instantly fed off. All smiles between them as they put on one hell of a show and kept everyone thoroughly entertained.
When it was time for Wolf Alice to come out, you could feel the energy from the audience absolutely buzzing throughout the air as they eagerly awaited for the band to start. As soon as the lights dimmed, the whole room erupted into loud and excited screams as Wolf Alice walked out with huge smiles on their faces. The strums of the guitars leaded into the powerful riff of “Smile” which is just the perfect song to kickstart the set off strongly as the track holds so much power and force throughout it and with the crowd jumping up and down, hands in the air, and screaming the lyrics back to vocalist Ellie Rowsell it was definitely a surreal moment.
Wolf Alice are a band that have no boundaries, they don’t stick to one sound and everything they create always hits you hard and sounds perfect so hearing all of these songs live was a truly magical experience. The boys play their instruments so effortlessly and let all their talent shine through while hyping and interacting with the audience most of the time, and Ellie has one of the most incredible voices. She can go from sounding like an complete angel during the slower songs to screaming her guts out in the heavier ones - so fucking fantastic. The band finished up the show with “Don’t Delete The Kisses” which was incredible. The sea of fans all sang along and the lyrics echoed throughout the entire venue and even flooded outside into the park, it was unreal.
I could listen to this band play for hours on end and I think everyone in the audience would agree with me. Their music honestly makes you feel every emotion possible and wraps itself around your soul. If you ever get the chance to see them play live then I can’t recommend it enough, it’s life changing and you won’t regret it.