Lime Cordiale @ Rescue Rooms, Live Review

Maia Gibbs was lucky enough to catch pop-rock Aussies Lime Cordiale in the 450-capacity venue of Rescue Rooms.

Lime Cordiale are certainly heading towards Rock City status, when they next take a trip to the UK

from Down Under. Their polished live show is certainly worthy of such a venue, even though it might

be shame that we won’t likely see them in such an intimate space again. Nearly closing their UK

tour, before heading to Europe, the duo and their respectively talented band stopped by the Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms for a night of music, avant garde fashion and comedy.

The energy was palpable, with geared up gig-goers evident by the queue for the merch stand

matching that of the queue to the bar. The crowd were already swaying in anticipation way before

the band were even scheduled to head on stage.

Walking out onto stage, Lime Cordiale performed their signature gimmicky greetings with one

another. The production value for this show was immediately impressive with a bouncing lights and

LED lines, making it a feast for the eyes. The Aussies appeared to have the polished swagger and

stage presence of popstars, and the coolness and nonchalantness of rockstars. Oranges, yellows and

pinks flashed the crowd, as if we ourselves were being heated by the summer sun.

The tour costumes had that extra spice that brought everything together – with each member

adorned in monochrome suit, a different colour of the rainbow for each, with bedazzled swirls

combing up the legs.

The set list bounced between all of their albums, EP’s, triple j heavy tracks and fan favourites.

Reality Check Please, Money, Screw Loose, and Facts Of Life all got a loud singalong.

Codri Elba’s work got a warm welcome from the UK crowd, with one audience member shouting

‘where’s Idris?’, just in case the band were going to forget to play the collaborative work.

"The Aussies appeared to have the polished swagger and stage presence of popstars, and the coolness and nonchalantness of rockstars."

From start to finish this show was polished, clean-cut and obviously well rehearsed – but always with

enough room for spontaneity. The musicianship was solid, and the cheekiness was on top form. The

brothers are great showmen upfront, owning the stage with their talent and charisma evident in

their Like A Version cover of the Divinyls I Touch Myself.

Robbery was saved for their encore, to ensure the show finished off a genuine party. The band are

certainly there for crowd spirit – always interested in speaking to and greeting fans.

So much so that, as soon as myself and gig-goer Niamh started to descend the stairs after the gig the

band were next to us, running up them to get to the green room. It was certainly a shock considering

Niamh unceremoniously was asking where the bogs (to me, not the band – obviously) were and I

was desperately trying not to cough my Freshers flu into any of the Lime Cordiale’s face. Ashamed

and embarrassed we missed eye with the entire lot, which was a difficult feet considering the limited

space of the Rescue Room’s stairs. It’s one of those painful moments that I recall before bed now –

tossing and turning and ‘why, oh why, oh why’-ing.

Maia Gibbs

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Edited by: Jodie Averis

Cover image courtesy of Beat.