Brisbane indie-rockstars Custard brought some pre-Christmas cheer for the final stop of their Suburban Curtains tour in Brisbane on Saturday.

Wrapping up the final stop of the tour the band gave it their all to a sold-out crowd at The Princess Theatre in Woolloongabba.

Close mates of Custard, The Stress of Leisure, plus Melbourne rockers The Fauves, gave some solid warm-up sets.

Coming straight out of the 80s post-punk vault (who I sadly missed getting some shots of due to being held up in the ticketing line), The Stress of Leisure brought a funk-punk, with a twist of freaky-cool!

Frontman Ian Powne and his band had the crowd hooked. With their catchy tunes and killer synths, they were definitely in the same musical genre of Custard!

Their song “Pulled Pork” stood out as a crowd favourite, leaving punters screaming the words throughout their set. Certainly, an earworm.

But first, a little about The Favues

Next up, The Fauves – who formed in 1988 – showed no signs of slowing down.

With the release of their latest album, “Tropical Strength”, The Fauves rock some raunchy guitar with satirical lyrics.

It was all shown their tunes, “A Man Who Makes a Racist Comment”, “Un-Australian”, and “Dogs Are The Best People”.

As frontman Andrew Cox strutted around the stage like a true rockstar, he admits to the crowd: “We do pretty good for some old guys…”

The bands high-energy perfectly elevates the crowd’s anticipation for Custard.

Custard at The Princess Theatre

Striking into some newer tunes, they kick things off with “Someday” and “Never Loved Melbourne”.

Fans unleash their inner-dancers to this funky new material from the boys, as Dave McCormack takes the spotlight with his raw humour and boyish charm.

Dressed like the true Queenslander he is, it was hard to tell whether he just came back from a Christmas family barbecue or he was just bringing the fashuuuuun.

Rocking a trucker cap, novelty shirt, and iconic bold glasses, he followed into an iconic tune – “Lucky Star” – from their second album “Wisenheimer”.

Taking fans straight back to the prime-times, these fans knew all the lyrics, singing all their songs back to them.

You could just tell the boys love what they do, even Bassist Paul Medew couldn’t wipe the smile off his face all night.

In a star-to-fan moment of appreciation, Paul took his mobile phone out of his pocket to snap some shots of the crowd (so cute!).

As Dave exited the stage, drummer Glenn Thompson hopped behind the mic to lead the band through “Black Rine”, “Molecules Colliding”, and their all-time hit “Music is Crap”.

Stirring the crowd into a frenzy, Dave took over again as frontman busting into crowd-favourite, “Girls Like That (Don’t Go For Guys Like Us)”.

From a fan’s requests, they dedicated the next heartfelt melody to a musical friend, and the boys
strummed into “Ladies And Gentlemen”.

As fans watched in awe, they knew the night was soon to come to an end.

But Custard wasn’t finished yet, finishing off the song that started it all: “Apartment”.

It was everything the fans wanted. With their rhythmic guitars and sly vocals it was a perfect way to end a (very) late night.

If you missed Custard on their recent tour, don’t worry! Seeing the fun these guys were having on stage makes me think they won’t be stopping any time soon…