WHERE ROD LAVER ARENA NAARM/MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
WHEN FRIDAY AUGUST 12TH, 2022
Between all the heavy subject matter, kaleidoscopic soundscapes and ambitious sonic detours it presented, Angel In – Gang Of Youths’ statement-making third album, which arrived back in February – can’t be authentically represented live anywhere smaller than an arena. The Sydney-native, London-based quintet have played a few intimate shows off the back off it – most in clubs around their new stomping grounds – and footage from those show the songs translating well, but notably so in a much different light to their studio-mixed counterparts. This stately run of arena shows, though, promised a genuine reflection of the grandeur captured on grandeur that Gang Of Youths have proved they’re more than capable of.
