Live Music Review: Inhaler in Leeds
Inhaler launched their new album in Leeds with a fun and raucous set at O2 Academy Leeds
The Dublin band chose Leeds for the first gig of their 2025 tour and they demonstrated their confidence in the new album Open Wide by playing seven of its songs during a seventeen-song set.
The capacity crowd had obviously spent the days after the album release learning the lyrics and filled the venue with enthusiastic singing from start to finish.
The support act were fellow Irishmen, post-punk band The Gurriers, and they built the atmosphere and excitement perfectly for Inhaler to bounce onto the stage. Everything was being ramped up nicely at this point. You could sense in the crowd that this was going to be a special night.
Inhaler opened their set with the always excellent My Honest Face from the 2021 album It Won’t Always Be Like This, an album which reached number 1 in the UK, their 2023 follow-up Cuts & Bruises reaching number 2 while topping charts in Ireland.
They breezed effortlessly through their set with a sense of euphoria that seemed to develop throughout.
With the newer songs, you could really see additional influences coming into play, reflecting their love of T Rex, early MGMT, Prince and Depeche Mode
You just know that this is a special band destined for greater things. A combination of their soaring songs and the stunning vocals sets them apart and capturing the imagination with a sound which soothes the soul.
With everything going on in the world at the moment, it was nice to be part of a crowd and a moment.
Crowd reaction to a memorable evening
Jack Hill was at the gig, he said: "The best compliment that I could pay the band was that every song sounded like it could’ve been its own single. This meant the atmosphere was amazing throughout. The vast majority of the crowd was up singing along and dancing up until the final song. This wss an amazing night of music."
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