Smallpools with Great Good Fine Ok and Half the Animal at Stubb's
WOW. This shoot was a thousand percent the hardest I've ever done, but still one of the most fun shows that I've been to.
A few weeks ago, Smallpools brought their Spring is Sprung Tour to Austin along with two of my favorite bands, Half the Animal and Great Good Fine Ok.
Half the Animal never disappoints, they have this unique ability to make people that have never heard of them completely fall in love by the end of the first song and maintain a constant energy and positivity throughout their entire set. In addition to being wildly talented, they’re also some of the sweetest, funniest, and most inspiring individuals i’ve ever met. I have had the pleasure of seeing these guys a few times now and each show just gets better and better, I know they're about to take the world by storm.
The world that is created by a Great Good Fine Ok set is one with an abundance of neon glow sticks and a sense that you may never have as much fun again as you will in the short time they're performing. Even on a shoebox stage (almost literally, the stage at Stubb's indoors is the smallest I think on the whole planet), these guys performed their hearts out and had everyone dancing along, screaming the words while waving their glow sticks and flashing lights in the air. After this set, I found myself obsessively checking twitter, refreshing their feed hoping they'll announce another tour so I can see them again as soon as I possibly can.
It seemed almost criminal to have Smallpools on such a small stage (if I'm being honest, all three bands deserved to play a bigger room), the crowd seemed to overflow out of every door, groups of people huddled up by each entrance to try and catch a glimpse of the band. Despite being cramped and hot, everyone in the audience was enthralled from the start, the energy created by Half the Animal was only upheld by Great Good Fine Ok and then amplified when Smallpools took to the stage, I can't wait to see what Smallpools does next.
