Live Review: IDKHOW - SWG3, Glasgow 30/06/2024
With incredible audience participation and a choir of kazoo’s, Dallon Weekes and his band blew the doors off of Glasgow’s SWG3 last weekend.
It’s rare these days to see a musician command such attention and excitement amongst a crowd by just their stage presence alone, but for Dallon Weekes it seems he’s got it down to a fine art.
Kicking off their set with ‘SPKOYHDVL’ from their newest album ‘GLOOM DIVISION’ and the show has started off with a bang, it was foolish of me to think the energy in the room surely could not get any more boisterous, until the band led into their next song - ‘Do It All The Time’ - to which the audience erupted.
In between songs, Weekes took time out to chat to the crowd about a number of things, how certain songs were only allowed to be listened to by the over 25’s in the room, apologizing to the dads and boyfriends who had been dragged along to the gig, as well as performing his best scottish accent - which was really very good. ‘Infatuation’ one of the singles of the new record followed after, a groovy yacht rock-esque track similar to the likes of Hall & Oates or TOTO, lulling the crowd into a soft sway.
Something that really stood out during IDKHOW’s show is the impeccable inclusion of the crowd - it really felt like we were all a part of the show, which is all due to Weeke’s charisma. While performing ‘Visitation Of The Ghost’ a song he wrote with his previous band The Brobecks, he split the audience in two, giving us two different harmonies to sing as he parted the crowd like the red sea, jumped off stage and asked us for our respect as he walked between us. The track then bled into a quick cover of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s new found banger ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’, which was met with extreme enthusiasm by the crowd.
Overall, the band truly proved how tight they are as a live act as well as front man, Dallon Weekes’ insane ability to hold the audience in the palm of his hand and keep all transfixed till long after he walked off stage.
Words by George Venus
