Jane Remover, a queer Gen-Z emo and indietronica singer, recently had their stop in Denver at The Gothic on October 3. Remover, known for songs like “Dancing with your eyes closed”, “Flash in the Pan”, & “Music Baby,” is also known for collaborations with Danny Brown, Tinashe, Akrilla, and Lucy Bedroque. The Live Exhibit Tour was their 2nd headlining performance in Denver, and their 3rd ever headlining tour. It was supporting act and DJ DazeGXD’s 2nd show in Denver and 2nd ever tour, the last one being with Remover as well.
Remover, over their 5 year career since their first album, Frailty, has grown a large fanbase. I quickly became aware of this when I arrived at the Gothic Theater and saw the line going around the building. And once I did finally walk into the show, Remover’s massive fanbase became ever more clear seeing the incredibly packed, sold-out theater. After researching the Gothic’s safety rules I learned that the room was filled with over 1000 people.
The show’s opening act, DazeGXD, started around 7pm. Daze, a jungle producer and DJ, performed a DJ set that ran around 45 minutes. His set included stand-out mixing of songs by Lucy Bedroque, Playboi Carti, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, before going straight into Remover’s first song, TWICE REMOVED, from their latest album, Revengeseekerz.
Remover’s show included several hits but had one particular track that stood out to me, which was “Homeswitcher”. Unlike most of their songs from their show from their latest album and latest EP or the recent songs by Venturing (a more indie rock-themed side project), “Homeswitcher” is from Teen Week, their first EP from 2021. This was interesting because Remover has discussed in several interviews that they don’t like or have any want to perform any of their older songs so playing one of their first, from before they even went by the stage name Jane Remover. Remover does have a reason though, they sampled the older song in “JRJRJR’, a song from their most recent album and noticed the transition created by moving between the two tracks.
Parallel to Remover’s music, the crowd was filled with lots of energy. In the first floor of The Gothic, several audience members started mosh pits. Many audience members were loudly cheering and singing along too. But a specific thing noticed by Remover themself were the several people who crowd surfed in the venue. They thought the venue’s size was too small compared to the other areas they’ve played to have crowd surfers.
It was an amazing show that I had a lot of fun at and really enjoyed. I’d recommend Jane Remover’s music and hope they come to Denver again.
