LIVE REVIEW + PHOTOS: LEAP AT VILLAGE UNDERGROUND, LONDON 18/10/25
At the end of a joyous, sweaty night at Village Underground, LEAP made a pointed statement, one that without further thought could sound like a lovely sentiment to unify a group of people who had just enjoyed an hour and a half of their favourite alternative-indie quartet.
“You can all count yourself as OG fans now.”
LEAP don't just have ambitions, but expectations of a trajectory that will lead them to bigger stages, bigger rooms and bigger crowds, and after what we saw on the final night of the UK leg of The Entropy Tour, we couldn't agree more.
“It feels good to be playing at home today.” Tally Spear grinned around the room acknowledging graciously the fans that made it down, at what was an unusually early set time.
We are firmly in the era of noughties throwback pop-rock and Spear executes a set of throwback style bangers with Avril Lavigne-eque attitude and impressively powerful pipes to match.
We are treated to the unreleased song ‘Typical Me’, a taste of the new music Spear is heading towards with her upcoming EP - ‘Bittersweet’ and ‘Here Comes the Rain’ a beautiful and poignant part of the set with Spear dedicating it to her recently departed dad who influenced the song's title.
When celebrating the release of an album, emerging on stage to the opening track of said album only makes sense. In the case of ‘Over & Out’, opener for LEAP's debut album Entropy it couldn't be more perfect, a rapidly building song that provided the first of countless releases of jumping, moshing and general chaos in the room.
“We're a top 10 band, but it totally depends which country you come from.” Vocalist Jack Scott joked, referring to the band achieving a placing at No.8 on the Austrian charts. Landing at 19 in the German charts too, LEAP's upcoming stint over on the continent looks set to potentially be an even bigger riot than any of the UK show dates. International appeal aside, London fans upheld their reputation of getting thoroughly rowdy and gave the rest of Europe a challenge to meet.
‘Sinking Feeling’ was followed by the significantly more relentless ‘One Million Pieces' with Scott declaring, “Let's get back to the rock.” This is where the mosh pits start to engulf a frighteningly large proportion of the room.
In a hectic and entertaining moment, Scott launched a vinyl copy of the album into the crowd which promptly separated, with one fan getting the sleeve and one getting the actual record. It is unconfirmed if the two were reunited after the show, but the sleeve did end up doing laps of the mosh pit for a while.
“Let me tell you one thing before we fuck off. This is just the beginning baby.”
LEAP's confidence would be arrogance if it weren't for the fact that they are just… right. Entropy introduces a competent, slick and energetic band that doesn't drop the ball for a second in their live performance. The sense of seeing something special, something sacred, something due to explode any minute is palpable. The OG's know, soon everyone else will too.
Words and photos by Imogen Bird
Full setlist below:
Over & Out
Play Dead
Exit Signs
Show Me The Way You Love
Fistful Of Money
Sinking Feeling
One Million Pieces
Waste Your Love
I Was Never There
Where the Silence Goes
Calling Anybody
Vision Of Us
Do Or Die
Messages
One Way Out
The Downfall
Eclipse
Energies