BRENTON NEWCOMB
Special to The Leader
On Oct. 16, Last Call Entertainment hosted their bi-weekly show at BJ’s that featured three bands that resulted in an energetic and confident performance.
The show was filled with something for everyone with a stacked lineup that featured ’90s emo pop band Cooler, a heavy indie group out of Indianapolis who go by Plans and, perhaps one of the most energetic groups that is bound to leave you drenched in sweat, Keep Flying.
The show kicked off with Cooler, warming people up with their heavy, yet sometimes sparse, indie rock.
Elisha Charles, an attendee said, “I thought they had confidence on stage, and the music was much slower, which was a nice change of pace.”
The band brought their own light-show for the occasion, which added to the mood and feel of their set.
Although the music was not as energetic as the other bands, Cooler followed this up with their confidence that was likely unmatched. Their lead singer, Alley Sessana, is pivotal in reflecting this easy confidence.
One of the interesting things about their performance was their willingness to dictate what they wanted from the crowd and how they felt about themselves.
At one point in the show, the group even proclaimed themselves as having a “Magic (The Gathering), Rock Band and Dragon Ball Z” aesthetic.
The buzz for Cooler is real, and the group keeps it cool despite all the buzz and the fact that their song “Metal Moths” has recently garnered over 175,000 streams on Spotify.
The group will be releasing new music this November.
After Cooler, the next band to take the stage was indie/emo four-piece Plans, hailing from Indianapolis.
The band turned the energy notch up a level with their self-described method of “blending ambient sounds with pop structure” and are influenced by the likes of The Front Bottoms, Taking Back Sunday and The Dangerous Summer.
The band admitted onstage “This is gonna be a mess, but it’s gonna be a mess together.”
If there was any mess that happened during their performance, the mess was blessed because the group put on a killer performance and, toward the end of their set, people were pouring inside from the street.
Finally, Keep Flying landed on the stage with one of their members sporting track shorts and a trombone and put on a terrific performance that featured a brass section of a trombone and trumpet.
The group brought the energy way up and treated the crowd to a song they had never played live, as well as an encore before wrapping up the night.