Midway through the Noise Pop Happy Hour set on Friday, Seth a.k.a Hunx took a second to connect with the audience at Bender’s. "Are you guys having a good time? Yeah? You just came here cuz its free huh? Thats cool, I wouldn’t pay for this shit either."
The funny thing is, with over the top outfits, catchy retro 2 1/2 minute songs and tons of confetti, who wouldn’t pay to see this show? Watching a Hunx and his Punx show is like watching a live action John Waters film that features only the musical numbers. Its highly sexualized, its campy and its meant to either shock or entertain [often times both]. The set consisted of mainly songs from their latest release Gay Singles and included a few new songs towards the end. Hunx’s Punx were dressed as grannies while Hunx himself was dressed in spandex, a frilly shirt and a studded chest harness. While this current project is a slight shift from Seth’s last band Gravy Train!!!, the dancability of the songs remains and there were several times when it was difficult to take photos because all I really wanted to be doing was dance.
After a long week of several 12, 13, 14+ hour days, the energy of this show helped to keep me going on a Friday night. If ever you hear that Hunx and his Punx are playing remember that they’re worth the money and if you find yourself bored at the show, check your pulse becasue you’re probably dead.
-Nicole Leigh
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