It was a dark Tuesday night that I stepped out onto the streets of Sydney. By dark, I not only mean the obvious, but also my fragile post-Splendour mental state. Luckily, a little birdie told me I should expect something good down at the Gaelic this evening. So off I went, fragile, tender, weak.

Pluto Jonze warmed up proceedings. The lead singer getting active while TV sets flashed up graphics, all making for some visual fun and a tight set. Described as an electroacoustic/psychedelic/popoutfit – anyone who’s rocking some late night pheromone gets respect…or so my accomplice Dom says.

The crowds gathered and it was a tight squeeze down front of the theatre for the arrival of Dephic. I must admit, I knew very little about them but the main draw card for me was that their album, Acolyte, was produced by the great DJ Ewan Pearson. Hailing from British shores like the band, this guy made the best mix many have heard all year; We are proud of our choices on Kompact. He rocks Playground Weekender every year, dressing up as a care bear.

Pardon the slight diversion. Bringing it back to this Tuesday evening, I was interested to see any correlation live between this band and that DJ. Opening with the whimsical Clarion Call, they let themselves exercise the drums, before the staccato ‘ah-eeh-ah-eee-ohh’ of Doubt moved onto the weaker Red Lights. There is something about This Momentary that does something to my insides that resembles a Pearson build up.
Other than that, however, there is little there to suggest this band’s album was guided under the hand of an underground UK dance god.

Post ‘obligatory chill out phase’, they really started to warm up the crowd, inducing hand clapping and dancing crowd wide. The vibe was electric in their song Nobody Knows (or whatever it was called) providing the highlight for the entire set.

Delphic put on an enjoyable live show, which makes the length (or lack there of) of this show somewhat disappointing. Fifty-five minuets is, to be honest, too short for a headline show. Perhaps next time, Delphic, you’ll Remain a little longer.