Phoenix are the definition of a good-time band. The French four-piece’s bubbly pop-rock overflows with joyful choruses and guitar lines that noodle around each other, creating a tapestry of warmth, feeling and fun. It transforms a rainy Wednesday night into an indie singalong that’s joyous enough to turn a soggy crowd into a mass of bobbing grins.
Taking to the stage while a regal harpsichord composition plays, Phoenix lean into their Frenchness, into the melodrama of live music and into the digital spectacle that underpins the entire show. Cleverly programmed screens are, at turns, as opulent as the Palace of Versailles and as trippy as a Pink Floyd light show.
