Diviney - 12th of January, 2012

The 12th of January saw the Metro Lair filled with a few hundred teenage girls for the first Sydney show for Diviney, the ex-front man of Short Stack, Shaun Diviney's, new band. 

(Photography by Jack Toohey)

Short Stack split around April 2012, leaving majority of the teenage fanbase quite heartbroken, most of them having supported the band for many years. Front man Shaun was quite quick to announce his new project, stating they would be heading to America in the coming months to start the recording of new material. 

Diviney has recruited two ex-members of Die For You, Sinj Clarke who also used to play keys for Short Stack while they toured and Chris Circosta. As well as ex Operator Please member, Tim Commandeur. 

Having only released one song on YouTube, titled You're So Cool, and an acoustic video for another track titled, Dance With The Devil, Diviney still managed to completely sell out the Metro Lair, also being only their second ever show. 

First up were The Never Ever who never fail to play a good show, always managing to get the crowd hyped up and involved with their fun, energetic songs, which are easy to sing and dance along to. Another side to the band was also seen as lead vocalist Dylan Nash and bassist Pat Ortiz, played their most recent single Deja Vu, acoustically - ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZLIRwEKH78 )

The next act up were For Our Hero, a pop-rock band from Melbourne, who also played a great set. The band opened with one of their most well-known tracks, Don't You Dare, which appeared to be a crowd favourite. Most of the crowd seemed to be fans of the band, almost everyone knowing at least a few of the songs. Front man Jay Taplin had the audience mesmerised for the half hour set, flaunting his excellent stage presence. They finished their set off with their latest single, Take The Night - ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFpX_IHnBC0 ) . The band played a great set, especially considering only weeks prior to the show, drummer Nax Vee announced his sudden departure from the band, leaving the replacement only a short amount of time to learn the music. 

Next up was who everyone had been waiting for, Diviney. The band opened with Dance With Devil and followed with a few previously unheard tracks, including what is rumoured to soon be the band's first proper single, Skeleton. Some of the other new songs played included Elvis Presley and Eyes Out. The new tracks were quite a lot more pop/dance influenced than any music that had come from Short Stack which came as a disappoint to some fans, but seemed to please most.

Diviney also played a few old Short Stack tracks - Rain On Her Parade, Are You Afraid Of The Dark and Planets - as well as an old Die For You track, Sex Games. 

Apart from when two acoustic songs were played it seemed like there was not a second in Diviney's whole set where the crowd weren't moving. It was a high-energy set filled with plenty of dancing and for the band's second show, it was quite a success.