Hands Off Gretel - Still Angry Tour
Before COVID, Hands Off Gretel (Lauren, Becky, Sean and Sam) were celebrating the 'Angry' EP with a UK tour. They had played a handful of shows before it got cancelled along with everything else, but last week the 'Still Angry' tour finally arrived at The Portland Arms in Cambridge.
Their set was energetic and fabulous, packed with songs from their last EP 'Angry' and their previous album 'I Want The World'. They have the natural ability to engage and entertain the crowd from start to finish - from telling off the crowd for clapping at the wrong time, to getting us all to chant for "Ron!" they worked to make their fans feel part of the experience.
Lauren Tate is an amazingly charismatic frontwoman and interacted between songs - encouraging people to speak to her dad at the merch table, and unbelievably she told us a story from the previous night's gig where she literally had to slap someone in the face as they tried to grab her mid song! How someone can do this to another person is an unfortunate and real example of how disrespectfully some people behave. It's a scary world we live in and this is a stark reminder.
This lead into the new song 'WAR' which is about the harassment and assault that so many people experience - letting people know they are not alone and looking to raise awareness and keep these issues of safety being debated.
They finished with a cover of Nirvana's 'Territorial Pissings' and gave the crowd an extra song 'Oh Shit' from their album 'Burn The Beauty Queen', but the crowd were still begging for more - chanting "One more song!" as Sean laid on the floor playing guitar. I don't think there was a single person in the audience that didn't enjoy themself, everyone was moshing all night - the Hands Off Gretel scene in Cambridge definitely was alive and kicking.
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