Years & Years At The Hollywood Avalon: Show Review
In recent times, they’ve scooped up the BBC Sound of 2015 honor, and joined the likes of Sam Smith, Haim, and Adele, who won the prize in previous years. As if that isn’t telling enough, the band’s recent single “King,” also shot to number one in the UK charts and is bound to do the same in America.
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On Monday night, Olly Alexander, Mikey Goldsworthy and Emre Turkmen played their debut, sold out show at the Avalon in Hollywood. Red lights flooded the stage as Emre, Mikey and Dylan (their touring drummer) took the stage to welcoming cheers, and the screams came in when lead singer Olly Alexander took the stage.
The band played “Take Shelter” and “Real,” two songs that off their EP that introduced fans to their sound. Throughout the night, Olly danced as well as he sung, he flowed to the music and enjoyed performing so much that you would’ve sworn he listens to their own music in his spare time. The Londoners also played cuts off their new record, “Communion,” which is due out in June. One of those tracks, “Worship,” is the band’s most recent single and follows in the footsteps of “King” and “Desire,” two previous singles that are also incredibly catchy infections.
Moving into the final moments of the show, Years & Years upped the energy even more with “Desire,” and closed the show with “King,” the track that is bound to launch them into mainstream America. By the end of the night, everyone had their hands up and were dancing and singing along to the choruses to these tracks that they've come to love.
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