The Ivy Brought the Feels to Highland Park
- Salvador Valencia Cabello
- 4 days ago
- 3 min read
The Ivy, indie pop duo based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma consisting of Shawn Abhari and Wyatt Clem are currently embarking on their 2025 Spring U.S tour. Their Los Angeles stop at community center/venue The Scribble in Highland Park, the venue is relatively small, with its warm lighting surrounding the venue's ceiling along with a soda bar. The venue’s deliberate small space makes way for an intimate showcase of talent for any artist. With tonight’s line up consisting of local talent with artist Britta Raci, along with supporting act Lyncs. The Ivy is coming off their 2024 debut record, “A Door Still Open” along with a new single with artist Lyncs, “Don’t Fall Asleep to this”.
The first opener of the night, LA based artist Britta Raci accompanied with a full band played a total of 7 songs, with a majority of them from her debut EP Striking Out. With a collusion of baseball references and an ex relationship, the bittersweet set songs set the room with the energy needed to kickoff a night of dancing. With her band’s short but sweet set of songs, with the crowd reacting quite kindly to the local LA opener. After Britta Raci, Lyncs took to the stage with a preset playlist containing The 1975’s hit “Somebody Else” which appropriately set the tone for Lyncs set. Consisting of 8 songs, opening their set with “Miss U”, nostalgic indie pop with underlying sense of groove, “The Radio is broken, but you know the words to “Robbers” the undeniable sense of influence from the 1975’s infusion of dance pop and teenage apathy. With their newest single “I LIVE IN THIS BODY” finding taking garage beat over lyrics professing one’s love for the body they live in. Lyncs’s set comprising of indie dance and pop songs setting the stage for headliner The Ivy, with crowd anticipation doubling for the headlining act.
Anticipation from two jolting openers for the headlining act The Ivy with the band taking the stage at 10 PM, with their set consisting of new songs from their 2024 debut album “A Door Still Open” and songs from the repertoire of EPs. The Ivy core band members with Wyatt on guitar and Shawn on bass and keys, both sharing vocals duty throughout the set. With a full band behind them, with assistance from guitarist Emma, taking guitar duties occasionally from frontman Wyatt due to a temporary hand injury. Nonetheless, injury or not the duo’s songs' live energy brings the songs to a different shade to their recorded counterparts, particularly “Good Faith” where the distorted guitars meet with a live rhythm section that brings its ear worm of a chorus to fruition. Along with “Street Dog” find the band in a state of contemplation of one’s purpose in the world, backed with fuzzy guitar licks and a punchy rhythm section. As the night went on, bodies jolting and dancing to new cuts from The Ivy’s debut record coupled with a lively band, rippled with positive audience reception to the new songs. With the 2017 cut “Have You Ever Been in Love” raging with synths reminiscent of the The 1975’s record “I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it”, though the band carries The 1975 influence on its shoulder The Ivy’s current live act shows what is learned from taking those influences, turning them into the band’s own signature energy of blending indie synth and pop, not using them as crutch. Other notable moments from the show was a bouncy cover of the Clairo song “4Ever” and the synergy of The Ivy and Lyncs collaboration, both artists performing a lively rendition of their new single “Don’t Fall Asleep To This”. Any fan of irresistible indie and dance pop tunes with a touch of the spacey indie rock, spending a night with The Ivy is a must.
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