After an epic turnout at Canberra’s Foreshore Music Festival, dedicated fans rocked on in the Nation’s Capital to Melbourne’s The Getaway Plan as part of their ‘’Requiem’’ tour held at the UC Refectory. Despite potentially being one of the dustiest Sundays all year, keen fans prevailed and rocked well into the night.
Special guests included Hands Like Houses, Gatherer and Break Even who all demonstrated a mutual love with the audience for The Getaway Plan which prolonged the crowds excitement.
Break Even warmed up the crowd with their energetic assortment of songs. Lead vocalist Mark Bawden paralleled his enthusiasm with the keen front row of vocal followers. In true support- act spirit, Bawden prolonged his shout outs to The Getaway Plan throughout. Despite more than enough room to move some die- hard fans couldn’t help but reflect the hard- core music with some hard- core crowd surfing.
After a short break and set change, Matthew Wright and the much anticipated band took to the stage with an electric presence that resonated through the crowd as fans flooded to the very front. There only so much room for that kind of passion in a crowd however the benefit of being a cosy set up was that we all equally experienced the intimate
show The Getaway Plan performed for us.
Opening the show with ‘The Reckoning’, Matthew Wright’s falsetto and extended vocals got pulses racing throughout the refectory and for all we know, probably most of Bruce. ‘Streetlight’ got the crowd moving in the ‘Shadows’. Despite little banter with the crowd and a relatively shy stage presence, guitarist Clint Ellis ripped his guitar riffs seamlessly complemented by Aaron Barnett, drumming every beat to perfection.
The effortlessly flawless performance made everyone ‘Move Along’ to the tight set and harmonising accord of Wright’s perfect pitch vocals. Undeniably the core crowd favourite ‘Where the City Meets the See’ had fans ecstatic to wrap up the evening when finishing on a high note with ‘Requiem’. Although we had missed The Getaway Plan since 2009, the Melbourne band well and truly, more than made up for lost time.
