Weeks faraway from a randomly spiraling rumor that the trio might disband — which was rapidly thwarted — the seemingly ever-rising Australian band closed its North American tour with a sold-out present at FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park.
“I bear in mind the first-ever present we did in Miami… it was eight years in the past at this place referred to as the Electric Pickle,” mentioned drummer James Hunt. “There had been perhaps 30 folks there. And now, for 10,000 of you to be right here with us means a lot to us.”
You might really feel the “we have made it” emotion pour from Hunt earlier than the band ripped into “Alive,” which earned a Grammy for “Best Dance/Electronic Recording “earlier this yr.
And, certainly, Rüfüs Du Sol may be very a lot alive in 2022, not too long ago snagging seven ARIA Awards nominations — hell, they’ve even bought their very own exhausting kombucha model.
Accolades and endeavors apart, Rüfüs Du Sol’s powerful-meets-chill-AF-ness was on full show on a beautiful fall night in Miami on Sunday. It was crisp (OK, it was 78 levels), and there was even a hay maze adjoining to the grounds to assist set the seasonal tone.
And there was fog — heaps and plenty of artifical fog that poured onto the stage as quickly because the trio set foot on it with “You Were Right.” Through the night, the fellows — frontman Tyrone Lindqvist, keyboardist Jon George, and Hunt — seldom left their futuristic platforms, every loaded with synths and digital wizardry galore and anchored by clear plastic legs that illuminated in the course of the night’s nonstop strobe fest.
Quality-wise, the music was on par with the studio recordings, with Lindqvist’s signature borderline rasp complementing the vibe. A spotlight got here within the type of the smash, “On My Knees,” as Lindqvist fell to his and belted the infectious hook, “Looks like I’m on my knees once more/Feels just like the partitions are closing in.”
Through crowd faves “Underwater,” “Sundream,” “Next to Me,” and “Surrender” (which bears the title of the tour and the newest album), the viewers flowed with every beat. It was a waterlike wave of fingers and head bobs in some ways, mimicking the adjoining Biscayne Bay when of us are respecting a no-wake zone.
The largest ripple in the course of the 90-minute set got here from a pristinely executed efficiency of “Innerbloom” that got here proper earlier than the encore. The crowd — seemingly 50 p.c of it sloppily recording all 9 minutes of it on their telephones — exploded as Lindqvist sang, “I’m giving all that I’ve bought.” Surely some telephones had been broken within the warmth of such pleasure.
“I am unable to consider a greater place to finish this tour,” Lindqvist mentioned glowingly. “It’s heat right here, and you’ve got been so heat to us. We’re blessed to be right here.”
And, on that notice, and a yr faraway from the band’s headlining III Points gig, we’re blessed that Rüfüs Du Sol continues to point out Miami a lot love.