Gabriels
(Picture: press handout)The irresistible rise of Gabriels over the past 18 months has included a high-profile endorsement from Elton John, a triumphant Glastonbury appearance, and the release last month of their lavishly praised debut album, Angels and Queens Part One. At the first of two hot-ticket shows at the newly opened Here venue, part of the new Outernet complex, a subterranean bunker below Charing Cross Road, the Anglo-American soul-pop trio played a slender set clocking in at under an hour, a testament to their modest back catalogue to date.
But this was also an evening of flamboyant gestures, baroque emotions and bold sartorial choices, not least the super-sized flying saucer hat that singer Jacob Lusk wore for the first few numbers.
