Jumping on stage after the rowdy Tibet and locals Sunspots, the audience should have been pumped and ready to move with the Amazons. But once the driving beat of ‘Millions’ kicked in, the crowd was stuck in a slow bop as photographers swamped the stage. However, once the three song rule had passed, the photographers disappeared, allowing the crowd to come together and move.

The Amazons did what they do best, playing tight indie hits with killer guitar riffs, taking hold of the crowd. It got to a point where riffs were being screamed just as much as lyrics, particularly in the new songs where reoccurring guitars were easier to grasp than words.

The tour comes after the release of The Amazon’s melodic new single ‘In My Mind’. Like all their songs, a heavy tune grabs the crowd’s attention before backing off for breath, then storming back with a wall of beautiful noise. On the back of recording their debut album, the band revelled in the opportunity to showcase two new songs which were laden with the same Amazon energy their committed fans have come to know and love.

Hair flipping their way through the quick show of nine songs and one broken string, the set was called to an end with ‘Something in the Water’ from their debut EP Don’t You Wanna. This tune lured everyone into a false sense of security with a relaxed start, before building to a hectic, drawn out instrumental that was left vibrating off the walls of tiny Oporto.

Jenny Pudney