On Saturday night Expatriate headlined a sold out show at The Gaelic Club.
Similarly to the other week when Dappled Cities Fly and Red Riders played the Metro, this was another case of a Sydney band playing a triumphant sold out show in their hometown.
It feels like Expatriate have broken through the trendy indie band scene into a more mainstream following. The crowd wasn’t the regular industry types and subdued cool kids, it was genuine fans who sung along to all the songs and bought the t-shirt at the end of the night. The band are played on Nova, get features in the Telegraph and tour with Simple Minds and Powderfinger. There seems to be a momentum pushing them beyond their Sydney inner city roots.
I spent a little time with the band before they went onstage. It was quite strange to discover them all warming up by singing in the ladies toilet backstage. It sounded great and was quite a privelege to get my own private performance.
I took a little video on my phone. Damian and Dave (the bassist) were singing by themselves when Ben came in to tell them Bit By Bats were almost finished their set.
See more photos in the Expatriate at The Gaelic gallery and plenty more Expatriate posts in the archives.
I can see me in the crowd! Apart from the idiots in front of us, it was a good show.
Great shots Dan!
Very cool shots Dan. I love the more intimate/backstage shots you get…something we don’t get to see often.
Nice work Dan. I am relying on you to give me a visual account of what I am missing out on back on home.
This reminds me that I need to get my Expatriate photos online, but before that I am getting my Japan photos up.
So it was you at the shindig?
Love the backstage shots man.
Good Job!