The Zoo - Sat Apr 30

The Quickening again dazzle with their super tight melodic post-punk, albeit with a stand-in bass player for Jim who is overseas. They open with Lords Of The Wine Press from their self-titled album from 2005 before offering a new track, Young & Restless. After definite highlight The Blasé Are Kicking Arse, they finish with metalcore opus The Ballad Of Stuart Morley.

Mary Trembles are a band I’ve been waiting to see for quite a while, having seen singer/guitarist Skritch perform in several other incarnations over the years, but it takes a little while to adjust to the grungier sound after the precision of the previous act. By the time they play the environmentally aware Geranium, however, the penny drops and the staggered timing of Please Don’t Scream I Hate The Noise makes for epic rocking.

With The Zoo now nearly full, expectations are high for the Brisbane band reunion of the year, as the mighty Pangaea follow up their recent festival performance with a headlining set “for the fans”. Bassist Ben Ely and drummer Dave Atkins jam the intro to We Care A Lot while waiting for guitarist Jim Sinclair before getting on with a set that proves tighter and heavier than anything I remember from their shows over a decade ago. After the super technical Power Of Three, they play an unfamiliar song, Eye Of The Cobra, hinting that there may be more to come from this powerhouse trio, and continue with the soaring Dun-Dar from their Serpent Fire album. With the lively audience showing no signs of abating, they save Raggacore’s Collosus for last, before encoring with album track No Man’s Man. We can only hope there is more to come.

JAMES STAFFORD

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