Live Review: Luca Brasi, Pianos Become Teeth, Maddy Jane, Speech Patterns

The Metro Theatre was a fitting venue choice for Luca Brasi to wrap up their Australian tour - a seemingly fabled venue for the Tassie four-piece. 

Speech Patterns kicked things off for the early arrivers, before Maddy Jane and her brilliant gold flares took to the stage. Including a stellar rendition of Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, Jane and her crew certainly won over some new fans during the space of their set. 

Pianos Become The Teeth are the only non-Tassies on the bill, and the US group certainly bring in a crowd of their own. Frontman Kyle Durfey impressed with both his vocal and body contortions and it was apparent the group have enjoyed their time spent with Australian music lovers. 

Luca Brasi took to the stage with a roaring cheer as they burst through Aeroplane, and it wasn't long before frontman Tyler Richardson greeted fans warmly and fondly. "Thanks for making us feel so welcome in a stupidly big venue like this for Luca Brasi," he said, clearly chuffed.

They played through a mix of their back catalogue, and threw in the newly released Got To Give. It's not long until Richardson was back at the mic, again regaling his wonder at playing at the Metro.

He dedicated the next song to anyone who came along to early Luca Brasi shows and shared that "If you had of said three to four months ago that we'd be headlining the Metro, you can get fucked mate." Clearly this show and tour has meant a lot to the boys from Tassie.

Continuing through their older songs, like Theme Song From HQ and Two Snakes, they closed out the first part of the set with newer track Anything Near Conviction, which received the biggest cheer of the evening.

Just when proceedings seemed to be wrapped, they arrived back on stage after a short break, joking how they had bamboozled the audience with their apparent end to the show. 

Closing out with the crowd-pleasing Isaac Bowen and Count Me Out, it's easy to understand how and why Luca Brasi continue to pack out rooms, even ones the side of the Metro, all around the country. They may pride themselves on being from Tassie but they truly are Aussie gems.