SMOKIN’ MIRRORS

Smokin’ Mirrors are a metal rock four-piece from the central coast who are tearing it up with their new EP Set to Ignite. These dynamic hard party kids with guitar-fuelled bursts hark back to the big hair & hard-rocking of the ’80s.

The group pride themselves on their live shows which are jam packed high-energy events. Bassist Matt Coleman says, “We think it is sort of weird to go see a rock band and not jump around and go nuts. Because that’s all of our first instinct. So that’s what we try and create onstage. To have no barrier between us and the audience,” he says.

Starting out in early 2011, Coleman had known lead singer Emmy Mack and drummer Sam Goldie since they were teenagers and they later held auditions for a guitarist. “He (Alex Richmond) was the first to come in. After five or ten minutes of him playing we told everyone else not to bother,” says Coleman.

They cancelled the auditions scheduled and the group have been smashing out their electrifying tunes ever since. (CK)

March 21, Hermanns Bar, Butlin Av, Darlington, Tickets at the door, 18+ only, hermannsbar.com

BY CATHERINE KNIGHT