When the sun is up for 23 hours a day why not hit up a concert venue and dance your ass off so you’ll have a better chance of falling asleep in the Nordic sunlight later that night. Well that is precisely what a large number of Icelanders did when they headed to Club NASA to see New York dance rock post-post punkers The Rapture, when the band returned back to the countries capitol after having played there 5 years before at Iceland Airwaves.
Opening up were Iceland’s Motion Boys. The band came out of nowhere this past winter and added their sound to the growing dance/rock music scene in the country.
Their performance was rock solid; mixing synths, bass and an electric drum kit with singer Birgir IsleifurA’s very unique voice is a perfect combo. Listening to the set made me feel like I was at the best 80A’s Eurovision Song Contest party ever.
The band ended by playing the huge summer hit “Hold Me Closer to Your Heart” much to the delight of the growing crowd.
I didn’t take long for the boys from NYC to come on stage and start blasting out hit after hit, much to the delight of the dancing mosh pit and everyone else in the crowd. This was my third time seeing them, and like the other two times the performance was great. Singer Luke Jenner even managed to stage dive twice into the crowd and as always Gabriel Andruzzi had his moves down it didn’t matter if he was playing the sax or hammering on the cowbells he has those moves down. After being clapped back on stage twice the show was over, people left happy and there was a smile on everyone face as we left the packed club. Even the countries most read tabloid Sed & Heyrt was filled with rants on how energetic and sexy guitarist/singer Luke JennerA’s performances had been and even ended the review by saying that no girl in the room could have been able to say no to him after such a presence on stage.
Big Thanks to the good people at Mr. Destiny (be sure to check out the lineup for Iceland Airwaves) for hooking us up and continuing to bring great bands like The Rapture to the frosty island in the North Atlantic.
