“You can stop gate keeping me now. I want to play Sydney Opera House next summer” Del Water Gap exclaimed at the end of his packed debut Sydney headline show at Oxford Art Factory over the weekend, and he was so correct.
Grabbing listeners’ attention with music in the first place seems a tall enough task — transporting them into your own realm where they can truly absorb the stories and ideas you’re conveying requires a gift for persuasion, charisma, and maybe even a little showmanship to bring it to life on stage.