GURRIERS CHURN OUT A SWEAT DRENCHED MOSH PIT IN GLASGOW

LIVE REVIEW | GURRIERS w/ Tramhaus | SWG3 TV STUDIO | 14th October 2026 by Kim Sabatelli

Fresh from the release of their outstanding sophomore album Nobody Is Coming To Save You, Dublin five-piece Gurriers have blasted into their biggest UK tour yet.

The release sees the Irish outfit continue to ride a tidal wave of critical acclaim and word-of-mouth buzz with their addictive blend post-punk rhythms and abrasive noise with sharp social commentary. On record, they hit every nerve, but give them a strage though and they are unstoppable. On Wednesday night, they brought that and so much more to Glasgow, the first stop of the tour.

Gurriers (Kim Sabatelli/Northern Exposure)

By the time the lights dimmed inside SWG3 TV Studio, the room was already thick with stage smoke and stifling heat. A diverse Glasgow crowd, from teenagers to thirty-somethings, stood shoulder-to-shoulder, waiting for the spark. What they got over the next two hours was a post-punk execution at its rawest, loudest and most vital.

Opening band, Rotterdam’s Tramhaus treated the stage as their own. From the first note, the Dutch five-piece locked into driving rhythms and venomous bass lines that rattled straight through the concrete floor.

Frontman Lukas Jansen proved utterly magnetic. A whirlwind of headbanging, limb-flailing energy, Jansen spent the set bouncing with the kind of frantic enthusiasm that dragged the room right along with him. By the midpoint of the set, the crowd was fully locked in.

Between tracks, they tipped off that they would be back in February next year to headline the legendary basement of Nice N Sleazy. Keep your eyes peeled on their socials for an official announcement soon, because seeing Tramhaus inside a sweaty basement venue like Sleazy’s will be mandatory viewing.

When the house lights cut completely, the anticipation inside the room was a tipping point. As Dublin’s Gurriers strode into the haze, the floor detonated into an immediate, chaotic surge.

Frontman Dan Hoff is the kind of singer who leaves the rest of the room invisible the moment he opens his mouth. Delivering each lyric with razor-sharp intensity, Hoff commands absolute attention. Early on, he leaned hard over the barrier, greeted by a sea of outstretched hands from fans desperate to grab a piece of the frontman. Meanwhile, bassist Charlie McCarthy played with a snarling, fierce stage presence which only anchored the quintet’s wall-of-sound.

The set quickly dissolved into a churning, sweat-drenched mosh pit. The night’s emotional and political peak arrived when the crowd erupted into a spontaneous, unified chant of “Free Palestine,” a testament to the conscious community Gurriers bring together in the room.

As an opening night of the tour, Gurriers proved they are stepping it up once again and if Glasgow is anything to go by then it’s gonna be one heck of a tour ride. Catch them in rooms this intimate while you still can.