The artist’s neopagan ‘ouija pop’ has a universal appeal in spite of being niche
Marilyn Mazur Special 4 at Cork Jazz Festival 2024 review: Rhythm, movement and enchantment brilliantly to the fore, a silence falls over the sweaty venue before the stage is illuminated with white crosses and we are counted in by Bambie’s breathy introduction speech welcoming the audience to the Coven.
Emerging as a gothic spectacle clad in a high cape, a fairy dress , Maleficent-styled horns and dizzying platform heels, the artist opened with Hex so Heavy. A suitably Halloween-y number.There’s a sincerity at the heart of the gig too, beneath the spectacle. The artist performed a new original number titled Children Should Be Laughing, about the war inBambie Thug at the Academy in Dublin.
As they return on stage, there’s only one song to sign the night off and that’s Ireland’s highest performing Eurovision entry since 2000, Doomsday Blue. The crowd is treated to an intimate version of the arena performance, with Bambie exorcising their dance demon in a trans flag inspired bikini. Organ grinding metal is overlaid on to screamo and pop with neopagan witchcraft.Bambie Thug at the Academy in Dublin. Photograph: Tom HonanBambie Thug at the Academy in Dublin.
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