[DID NOT ATTEND: September 18, 2022] Enter: Shikari / Trash Boat / Aviva
We’re almost entering into an area of bands that I considering seeing based on very little.
Sometimes, when a venue promotes a band pretty heavily it’s easy to get caught up in the hype. There’s also a lot of bands that have been around for fifteen or twenty years that I completely missed when they had their popular surge.
Enter: Shikari (I think that I just like the colon in their name) has been around since 1999 and originally were kind of a screamo band that was really heavy but had lots of synth and electronic elements too. It’s the kind of think I want to like but I tend to not, really.
It’s probably the kind of show I would go to where everyone is a diehard fan and I’d enjoy the songs but not know any of the songs.
I also didn’t realize they were British.
Trash Boat is from the same town as Enter: Shikari (St. Albans). They are a heavy punk band with pop elements (although the vocals are more metal). I wouldn’t have enjoyed this band as much–although I may have once.
AViVA is an Australian singer (and more–for a hilariously over the top hagiography, check out her fan wiki page). Although this blurb is interesting:
Aviva Anastasia Payne, also known professonally as AViVA is Australian singer, songwriter, High School Teacher, and writer.
Her songs seem a little too poppy for this show, but she does include some heavier elements. She’s probably be pretty interesting live.
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