Wisp | Aldn
Gorilla, Manchester
23rd October 2025
Wisp, recent out of San Francisco, California, has her personal set of fuzzed out chords and ethereal vocals to blow any listener’s expectations out of the water. First timers in Manchester and amid their two month tour, Wisp and her band set their sights on the hearts of Manchester’s crowd.
To set the tone for the night time, aldn strut onto the stage, their doped out model echoing via Gorilla. Leaping straight to their hit icantbelieveiletyougetaway, the group is already singing alongside and, with out dropping a beat, they launch into their very own rendition of Radiohead’s No Suprises. They depart a warmed-up crowd (a stark distinction from the whipping winds from outdoors the venue) for the principle act.
Wisp has been onerous at work meticulously crafting her discography for her adoring followers, and is recent off the again of her latest releases: newest single Yellow, her personal rendition of Coldplay’s track, and her first album If Not Winter making this yr an eventful one for her band.
Gliding onto the stage, Wisp goes straight into taking part in her first few songs. The followers, captured by Wisp’s ethereal model, are staring straight up at her, awestruck by the catchy vocal strains and crushing shoegaze chords.
All wouldn’t be potential with out the remainder of the group. Max Epstein (aka Photographic Reminiscence) on stage proper, blasts his howling lead strains on a signature white Jackson – embossed with black tape studying “fuck ICE” – with hardcore riffs in between songs as banter with Wisp as she addresses her crowd. In the meantime, a fantastically tight rhythm part holds down the songs all through the set, by no means dropping a beat.
Wisp, flowing seamlessly via the set, takes time to ask the viewers to “sing alongside” along with her most up-to-date launch, Yellow. The viewers sings alongside seamlessly with the duvet, a lovely second of solidarity and connection between artist and viewers. Wisp appears to look after her viewers too, taking frequent breaks between songs to verify in on the packed out room and ensure everyone seems to be having pretty much as good a time as she is.
Coming to the tip of the set, Wisp and her band depart the stage, however to no avail – the group desires extra. Chants of “yet one more track!” echo all through the venue, and Wisp willingly returns to the stage to grant the viewers not one, however two extra tunes. Ending along with her primary streamed track, Your Face, the group are content material with Wisp’s efficiency.
Her first time in Manchester, and definitely not her final, she places on a memorable present, cementing herself as one of the crucial present figures in trendy different rock music.
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Phrases and Pictures by Elliot Davies
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