It was in 2006 that Jack Glass and Chris Stracey formed a dynamic duo, and ten years later they return to perform to an intimate, sold out gig at Brunwick’s Howler’s. At just about half an hour until 10, the once half-packed venue buzzed with a packed, ecstatic crowd.

Anticipating at the front of the stage where the speakers blare some chill tunes, the lights switch from a blue to a pink hue. As the music started to diminish, the crowd instantaneously divert their attention to the stage where a trio emerge in their matching white shirts and drum sticks.

Opening with their upbeat track Waterfalls, sent the audience into a jumping frenzy as the catchy chorus kicked in. As the title suggests, Snake Charmer’s exotic drumming and staccato pan-flutes charmed the audience into a head-bopping and swaying trance, while one of the duo’s mellower tunes Way Back Home extenuated their hypnotising vocals.  

Sunlight threw the audience back to an ecstatic state of bopping and singing-along, but it was only a taste or preparation of what was yet to come.  Fresh from their new EP, Breakdown possesses an alienating yet nostalgic sound combined with airy vocals that manoeuvred the audience towards an eccentric, yet authentic side to Bagraider’s. Eventually, the preparation came in handy with the duo concluding in a state of euphoria. The crowd was intoxicated by the anticipation, nostalgia and infectious tune, Shooting Stars.