Hunny

By Helen Weil

Students crowded the stage at the Whole Music Club, dressed in their grunge-y best. The stage was bathed in purple, red, and blue, and a long Furby was wound around a microphone stand. California-based band Hunny was playing. Their debut album, “Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.” was released in July, and the accompanying tour began days after they took the stage at the University of Minnesota.

Vial, a self-proclaimed “honk rock” band from Minneapolis, played first. They opened with “Rough,” which had everyone nodding along. They played a few songs from their album “Grow Up,” out on November 29, and covered Lizzo’s song “Truth Hurts.” Goodnight Gorillas, a local indie rock band, played next. Their music is floor-shaking bass and tongue-in-cheek lyrics, and the crowd was whooping and dancing.

Hunny played a mix of older songs and songs from their new album. Everyone jumped around and sang the lyrics, and the band was as into it as the crowd was. It was only their third time playing the songs from “Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.” and they thanked the crowd for bearing with them. They complimented the University, too, saying they had walked around earlier and thought it was beautiful. “Lots of... big columns,” joked lead singer and guitarist Jason Yager.

At the end of the set, during the song “Televised,” Yager walked off-stage and began to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” before finishing “Televised” with the crowd. Both setlists left with the audience.