The Underground Stage
“I don’t know what Amends have been lifting but tonight’s set is a notch more muscular than ever. Full (not secret) disclosure: I come to any Amends show already thinking they’re one of the best bands in the country, but jeepers… this set’s off the chart, even from that base.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | […]
“Amends have a new album out later in the year, and when new material sneaks into the set, you can hear the difference. Tonight we get just one, right at the end, but it comes with a subtle gear change up into higher revs, and the band are visibly more turbo-charged. Don’t get me wrong, […]
“Amends – even a solo version – in the open air is a different kind of delight, it feels like their natural habitat. We might be just off the Paramatta Road, but it feels like wide skies all around.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“A band like Amends are the perfect win-win, everything you want and everything you need. Nourishing the organs, soothing the soul, pleasuring all the fun bits, there’s everything here a growing body requires. Best taken daily.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Amends are a drug I can’t, and frankly won’t, kick. I’ll keep spiking my veins with these songs, soaring stories of dust and ghosts and violence and loss and glory, and I’ll keep spiking them into me until there’s nothing left of me but one vein and these songs. I will never not get high […]
“Amends battle against a rolling farce tonight where the smoke machine repeatedly and loudly – *really* bloody loudly btw! – sets off the venue’s fire alarms. Like nine of them. In random order. Over and over again, like Aphex Twin programmed them. This is no doubt distracting for the band, which is sad for them, […]
“Amends’ singer Luke McDonald plays solo tonight, showing the bones of these wonderful songs. The full band version – live or on record – is wide and rich and expansive, a desert shot on 70mm film. Without the band the strength and heart at the core of the music is sharper, not diminished. If you […]
“It’s basically got to the point now where there is no Amends show that I won’t try and go to. It’s an addiction, a constant chase for the dopamine hit their songs deliver like a lightning strike to the hypothalamus. Unlike the other shit you’ll buy in a bag though, this hits the same each […]
“In their own shy way, Amends blow the bricks out of Crowbar’s walls tonight, with songs from their album “Tales Of Love, Loss, And Outlaws” delivering exactly that. Rich and dusty stories merge into soaring melody, and before you know it you’re at too high an altitude to let go. With zero hesitation – one […]