Declan McKenna returned to Belfast for the first time since 2017 live at the Ulster Hall in what was a special show. A frantic energy quickly filled the Ulster Hall before the show commenced, with a multitude of teenage music fans rushing to the barrier desperate to get closest to the 25 year old songwriter.
Despite being almost 10 years since his breakaway and biggest single, ‘Brazil’, McKenna has remained a prominent figure in the indie music scene and the crowd filled up quickly before the lights dimmed. When support act Wunderhorse were announced there were many debating over whether the band could be a potential show-stealer, and they came very close to it. Lead singer Jacob Slater was animated in his performance and had the crowd moving from their first song, bearing resemblance to past legends such as Nirvana and Radiohea