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Their second tour this year, Sydney Electronic/Psych-Soul duo Boo Seeka have hit the road again in support of their debut album Never Too Soon. Playing at the 170 Russell in Melbourne, Boo Seeka were set to play their largest headline show ever, they were ready to take out the stage with some of the best support acts to get the crowd going before delivering a flawless show.

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Kicking things off in an entirely white jump suit was Resin Moon. All his tracks in recorded form may be considered mellow, though they were brilliantly complemented with dance vibes by the amazing sound of the venue. The Alice Springs local played most tracks from his EP, Salt, starting off with the title track and it’s video clip playing behind him. The sweet, charismatic vibes that Moon delivered was nothing but bliss especially with the track Catch Me, where the hand gestures and dancing reached their brilliant peak. There were moments on stage where you could simply tell Moon was feeling nothing but the crowd and the music, as his eyes were closed, moving to the sounds he was making, amplifying the enjoyment of watching his set. He had a device called a talk box with him which gave him a very robotic sounding voice, Moon using this in a perfect fashion, doing a cover of Daft Punk’s Harder Better Faster. Though he wasn’t all that well known by many in the crowd, but by the end of his set it’s safe to say Resin Moon definitely had a lot more fans.

After seeing Turquoise Prince (LTC) at Horrorshow earlier this year, I knew I was in for a treat, he’d grown out his hair a little bit more but he was still as smooth as ever up on stage. Having only released two songs, Turquoise knew that crowd wouldn’t be able to rap or sing along to his tracks, though he fully embraced it and used it to enhance his performance, telling the crowd to “Bounce, bounce, bounce… just ya heads, just heads”, had you smiling but vibing with him at the same time. Throwing at us his first single from his upcoming release Like Your Friends, as well as the next single coming soon Sunday Sesh, Turquoise only could’ve made his audience more eager to hear what he had next. Playing with the mic chord, using the whole stage, putting a foot up on the closest speaker and leaning to the crowd, LTC had a swagger and presence that’s hard to contend with when it comes to support acts. His Hip-Hop and RnB songs about love, loss and life, are filled with humour and great lyricism that entertains in so many ways. The crowd chanting his name or for his DJ to “drop that shit” when LTC asked, showed that he crowd wrapped around his finger. And I can’t leave out the moment where Turquoise came over to me, rapped a whole verse looking me straight in the eye while I was bouncing my head to the beat. That kind of crowd engagement is memorable for everyone, it leaves a great impression that he who knows what he’s doing up there and how to embrace and work a crowd.

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With a great opener and support, all that was left was the main event, an intense bass line with a sparkly projection on the back wall of the stage played as an interesting intro to the set. But as Sammy Seeka walked up to his platform with several beat pads and a keyboard the crowd began to cheer, Boo came out to his mic in front of several amps and sung “In some ways we see it all…”. Starting the set off with One Day Pt. 1, as the lights came up when Sam hit the keys, Boo’s arms in the air, the iconic wine bottle in one hand; an epic entrance and opening. After that we were told we were going to hear the whole album and more, and what a treat that was, getting hear the entire discography is something you don’t get the chance to see often at any concert. The crowd went wild as Fool was projected on the back wall, and the set had well and truly begun.

The stage was perfect for the pair, it sat Sam up high but gave him enough room to move his feet to the beat and Boo had the space to rock his guitar next to Sam’s platform and also close his eyes and dance. Chill tracks like Brooklyn and Humans became hand raisers that mimicked Boo as the crowd sang along with him. We got tracks that were first released by Boo Seeka, the fan favourite Deception Bay played early on and Kingdom Leader was given a slow rendition of the chorus for an intro of just Boo and his guitar. We got a few stories about a couple of songs before they were played, such as Oh My, which we were told had been taken back to the “bedroom” due to the duo not being all that happy with it; the phrase “Sam and I took this song back to the bedroom” sparking a laughter in the crowd.

Calling Out began to play, the most danceable track Boo Seeka have released, and it certainly brought the house down. Boo and Sam silhouetted together on the platform, their Owl logo in background, a brilliant live image. Keeping the energy, You and Me and Gold Sail played next which kept the party vibes going. Boo taking out the set with a great guitar solo for Gold Sail, and walked off stage, but the bottles of wine were still left there… meaning the boys had to come back out.

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After the crowd didn’t stop cheering, Sammy returned, gave the front row high fives and Boo followed quickly after, and the sweet piano notes of the albums single Turn Up Your Light played. The words “Turn up your light, don’t be anything but you…” seeming to have greater emotional value when seeing it done in person, and it was topped off by Seeka doing the “la-la-la-la”’s. Then the live favourite Mission Man was played, a track that never fails to bring an amazing energy of both song quality and party vibes at the same time. Lastly, the split photo of the duo was projected and Boo asked for the crowd to do their tour ritual of getting as many people up on shoulders for the final track. As Does This Last played out with it’s slow burn it delivered a powerful finisher that ended a perfect show.

Do not miss this show if you have the option to see it, you won’t regret something so awesome.

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AMNPLIFY – DB