As part of Young Revelry's national tour I went down to FBI's new permanent venue FBI Social. Located on the second floor of the Kings Cross Hotel, it honestly felt like a strange place to be watching bands perform being the Cross and all, but once you step through the doors: the cosy atmosphere, cheerful ambience and general good cheer easily overwhelms and all that stereotyping gets thrown out the window.

I was most curious to see what Perth lads Young Revelry would be like. With their raucous mix of both pounding riffs/bass and heavy-handed percussion, I was well aware that this night would be definitely be at the heavier end of the musical spectrum.

Before Young Revelry came on-stage, the supports were Chicks Who Love Guns. What a name. Before the gig I you-tubed them and then proceeded to watch "Chicks who Love Guns" (sexy 80's models in bikinis shooting watermelons with live ammunition), it was a great little detour, something that I'm sure they would have greatly approved of.

Rough around the edges, mangled and ferocious like a rabid dog, their music lunges at you, something that I haven't seen from the local scene barring Children Collide. With song titles like "Vomit on the Dance Floor" and "Smash Fuck", you can see that they really don't hold back with what they have to say. The enthusiasm with which they flung themselves around the small stage really just added to the stage presence with which Cass Navarro held the audience's attention. But hey, they don't really give a shit what some music critic thinks about them, so go see for yourself if they pique your interest.

After Chicks Who Love Guns' tumultuous set Young Revelry came on stage.

Pounding bass-lines, fuzzy and heavily manipulated guitars bursting into sonic screeches mid-song. It was quite amazing the depth that they could conjure up within their music. With heavy use of pedals and a continuous thumping from the drummer, you could see the mix and match of different influences that have resulted in these tracks. One of the newer tracks, "Never That Close", went straight to the mark, slamming me out of my apathy, and demanding my attention. Not to mention the crowd favourite "You and I".

There's still time to catch Young Revelry on their Never that Close Tour with a couple of dates remaining. Bands like Young Revelry and Chicks Who Love Guns are few and far between. So take up the opportunity to watch them if you do get the chance.