Wombo brings ethereal punk to Lincoln Hall
Chicago, Illinois - march 9th, 2024
Fans impatiently buzzed with excitement as they waited for the three piece punk rock group from Louisville, Kentucky, Wombo, to come on stage and open for the night. The crowd gathered closer and closer towards the stage as the last seconds of the pre show playlist came to an end.
The group opened with “Snakey”, the first song off their latest album and recently re-released in collaboration with Audiotree, which records songs in one take, live. Sydney Chadwick, the vocalist and bass guitarist of the group, started the piece with the powerful bass melody, a few beats after being joined in by Joel Taylor on the drums. The crowd immediately sensed the intense mid-tempo rhythm of the song, showing their approval by shaking their heads to the beat of the opening piece. As if saying “that was nothing”, guitarist Cameron Lowe transitioned into the chorus of the song with his high intensity solo, openly showing off his passion for the melody. “You guys rock!” yelled a fan amidst the crowd as everyone else excitedly jumped, cheered, and clapped in admiration of the powerful and highly energetic first taste of the show.
Leaving the crowd a briefly short moment to adjust to the next song, Taylor began setting the 6/8 rhythm to their next song “Sour Sun”. Running off the same excitement as the previous song, fans danced along, showing their own physical interpretation of Wombo’s music.
“It’s our last night touring with Cherry Glazerr”, said Chadwick midshow. They had toured with and opened for Cherry Glazerr for their past seven shows. “But we are stoked to be here!”, Chadwick concluded. After a few more songs, the group teased their next piece by saying “This one’s not out yet”, which was followed by a moment of excited cheering from the crowd. A few measures into their unreleased song “A Dog Says”, the band suddenly paused. “I’m playing in the wrong key!” revealed Chadwick laughing. The crowd cheered in support of them restarting the song after their slipup.
Coming to an end on their set, Wombo played their most known song “Dreamsickle”, the crowd eagerly shaking their heads to the low steady beat of the bass and drums letting the song control their movements. “And if you could see inside my mind there’s nothing there but the images from the night give me no words” entoned Chadwick. The dream-like lyrics engulfed the crowd, keeping them hypnotized and synchronously dancing to the beat as hazy lavender blue lights slowly moved from the stage to the crowd, briefly letting them have a moment in the spotlight as a thank you for sharing a special moment at the show.
