The concert played out like a full-blown party with Omar Apollo taking a moment to catch his breath to tell the crowd “this is the biggest show I’ve ever played.”
A wall of synchronized screams greeted the 24-year-old onto the stage as the gentle strums and guitar melodies of his opener, “Talk,” washed over the crowded hall. Despite wrestling with initial sound issues, Apollo kicked off the show with an ebullient swagger, playing his own guitar riffs through the first half of the night.
Mid-set, Apollo summed in songs from “Ivory” starting with “Killing Me,” which saw the singer smoothly transitioning between the track’s bilingual lyrics and distorted guitar licks. His new songs were rendered loud enough to reach the tails of the Shrine’s stretched hallway, providing fans with an unmatched perspective and contagious energy.
The highlight of the night, however, commenced as the ultimate emblem of Mexican pride – the country’s red, white and green flag – found itself on Apollo’s back just as he had decided, “Let’s get into our real Mexican shit.” The rest of the concert played out like a full-blown party with Apollo taking a moment to catch his breath to tell the crowd “this is the biggest show I’ve ever played.”
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