Superfood certainly turned a seemingly average Thursday night into something truly crazy. Crowds of people lined up outside the small venue in a dingy alley in the centre of London, awaiting to be let into this vibrant club. Many familiar faces were spotted walking past, one of which being the Peace Front man (Harrison Koisser), who casually strolled by in his adidas tracksuit. He wasn’t performing, but it seemed there was a reunion at the final show.
The first band to take to the stage were Black Honey. To many they could’ve seemed like underdogs compared to Yak and Superfood, but they went in all guns blazing. The lead singer Izzy Bee, provided exquisite vocals to a grungy melody. They premiered tracks such as ‘Madonna’, ‘Sleep Forever’ and ‘Teenager’, which sent the crowd into a frenzy of moshing. By the end of their set the crowd were already hyped and ready for more.
The second band to come on stage were Yak. They took the crowd for a wild ride, debuting their new track ‘Smile’, as well as the fan favourite ‘Hungry Heart’. During the set they sent the crowd into a frenzy when the lead singer fell into the crowd. By now the crowd were fully prepared for what would be a full on set from Superfood.
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Superfood took to the stage with their suave and overwhelming coolness and opened their set with ‘You Can Believe’. This set the mood of the whole show and the chaos that came from it would be carried on throughout the show. Throughout the set the premiered songs from their debut album Don’t Say That such as ‘Mood Bomb’, ‘TV’ and ‘Palisades’. Towards the end of the night Dom made a special thank you to the crowd and mentioned that this meant the world to them. To thank the crowd the band played a favourite that isn’t always included, ‘It’s Good To See You’. Tracks that aren’t on the album were also played as a homage to the fans that have stuck around for the years that they’ve been on the scene, namely ‘Satellite’ and ‘House on the Plain’.
After a rather large set the band let the stage, but the crowd weren’t ready to go yet and begged for an encore; luckily for them one was planned. Two tracks by now hadn’t been played and it seems they saved the best till last. The band took to the stage for one last time and played ‘A Lily For Your Pad’, which made the crowd more ballistic (which – believe me – seemed impossible). Through the song the highly adore bass player Emily leaped off stage into the crowd and circled through the whole venue, almost meeting everyone. Superfood finished on non other than, ‘Superfood’, and sent the crowd off with a warm goodbye.
This venue was almost too small to hold the power of Superfood and their support bands, which only shows the potential that they all have. From all of them we will be seeing more shortly and if you ever have the chance to see any of them live, i would highly recommend it.
Words by Jess Watts