[EN IMAGES] FEQ: X-Ambassadors overflows the Parc de la Francophonie

At 8:15 p.m., when the X-Ambassadors formation was on the boards, security officials were about to close the site of the Parc de la Francophonie which was about to overflow. We can say, without being mistaken, that she was the star of this evening.

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On Thursday, the FEQ inaugurated the new configuration of this site with the SiriusXM and Loto-Québec stages arranged side by side, which makes it possible to eliminate downtime between performances and also to present more groups. There were five, on this Thursday evening, with ARJ, X-Ambassadors, Group Project, Monowhales and Daisy the Great.

It ends on one stage and it begins, a few minutes later, on the next one. The ears of the public will not have much respite on this site. Bringing a pair of plugs might be a good idea.

It was the sixth visit by X-Ambassadors to the area, including two visits to the Videotron Center as the opening act for Muse and their presence, in 2019, at the Festivent de Lévis.

The Ithaca outfit in New York has built up a good following of fans over the years.

The guys are dynamic on the boards and they showed it from the first minutes with the play Jungle. People clap their hands, blind keyboardist Casey Harris throws his in the air and slams his left kicks into the ground. His brother Sam, will sing a piece lying on the stage and will also play bass. All that in three minutes.

They delivered a solid version of Boombut it is with Zen that we felt the concert take off. It was going back to the post.

The saxophone sounds, delivered by singer Sam Harris during Adrenalineprovoked a great reaction.

Durant Hey Child, the incredible Casey Harris offers beautiful keyboard sounds and adds some whistles. We will be able to see his talent up close, on the three giant screens, with a Unsteady well sung by the crowd, cell phones on well in the air. A very beautiful moment.

And people started chanting Renegades, cas if they knew that this success was to follow. A moment when Sam Harris took a little walkabout.

The three brothers

At 9:15 p.m., brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan Metzger, of the AJR trio, from Manhattan, showed up on stage. With several people leaving the site, it was noted that it had been filled to capacity for the X-Ambassadors.

It must be said that the trio from Manhattan, which pulls musically, with its pop, a little in all directions, was on its very first visit to our walls.

“How’s the Quebecois?”, shouts brother Jack to the crowd, pea helmet on his head.

This did not prevent fans, who were still numerous, from reacting when interpreting the success Sober Up which created a totally festive atmosphere.

Funny moment when suddenly, a recorded message from dad Gary resonates in the sound speakers. He is proud of his sons and asks people, adding a swear word, to raise their hands in the air for the next song Ordinaryish People.

AJR managed to hold its own, offering a pleasant evening of pop. We were entitled to Record Playerby Daisy the Great, with the presence of Kelley Nicole Dugan and Mina Walker, who had taken the stage earlier.

Then there was Burn the House which has a total of 292 million listens on Spotify, The Good Part with its Bach excerpts and the success Bangwell delivered and sung by the public, AJR ended his performance with Weak accompanied by a small marching band on the boards. Fans tried everything for everything, but no, there was no recall.

Monowhales

In the early evening, at 5:50 p.m., the Montreal band Group Project launched the first of five performances with a pop that got better as the performance progressed. It’s halfway with the simple Bloody Nose, launched last May, that we felt an atmosphere settling. It must be said that the bassist-double bass player, bouncy and smiling, contributed greatly to this atmosphere.

Ah yes, the singer Jacob Brown, who was not very talkative, during these interventions, wore a black tank top with the Nordiques logo.

We then went to another level with the Toronto band Monowhales who launched their segment with a very rough electric guitar. More rhythmic, more caustic and very energetic. A very rough electro-electric independent pop, which, at times, was a little reminiscent of the sounds of Garbage.

Singer Sally Shaar put all her energy into it. She even showed up on the next stage to say hello to the spectators in front.

“We came to Quebec, two years ago, to play in a small bar, at the end of the evening. To be here tonight on one of the Festival’s big stages is incredible. You are there. We adore you”, she launched before the play StuckintheMiddle.

Monowhales ended his performance with The Hand that Feedsa cover of Nine Inch Nails.

Change of group, change of atmosphere with the indie sounds, sometimes dissonant and sometimes offbeat, of the formation Daisy the Great.

It was the first time that the group from Brooklyn, with three female voices, a bassist and a drummer with blue hair, passed through Quebec. Except for the singer-keyboardist Kelly Nicole Dugan who had already come, younger, with her mother.

The interpretation of their very first single The Record Player Song, launched in 2017, generated reactions. Several people in front of the stage knew her. Company, which followed, was a great moment. A great discovery with several new songs.