Sawyer Hill Brings Arkansas to New York City for a Night of Authentic Rock ‘n’ Roll and Confessions

Fans dressed in all black and leather flocked to Irving Plaza on September 29th for an unforgettable night of rock with Sawyer Hill.

Supporting Sawyer Hill was Never Ending Fall (NEF), an indie-rock band based out of Los Angeles, but formed in the five members' home state, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Miller, drummer Tommy StClair, guitarist Pearce Eisenhardt, bassist and vocalist Johnny Hohman, and guitarist and keyboardist Conrad Boyd. NEF delivered a high-energy set with stage presence so magnetic that fans looked as if they were going to join them on stage.

The stage was set with a pew and a preacher stand. The band ominously walked out as Hill followed, sat on the pew, and covered himself in a clear tarp. The drama of his entrance perfectly matched the drama of the opening song “Going to Hell.” Hill’s distinct baritone voice filled the venue and settled into everyone's hearts immediately.

Hill was already off the stage and standing on the barricade singing to fans by the second song, “Jimmy’s Gone Numb.” Hill’s crowd interactions are some of the best parts of the set. Hill expressed “For the next hour you are mine!!”

On this tour, Hill is doing crowd confessionals. A camera is taped onto a mic, and a fan confesses something to the entire venue. This part of the set brought laughs and gasps from the crowd and made everyone feel like one big family.

Songs such as “Firestarters,” “Bad Lovers,” and “Ghost Town” ricocheted off the walls as fans shouted every lyric word for word. There was not one moment the crowd wasn’t jumping, dancing, or swaying to the powerful storytelling of Hill.

Hill is one of those artists that you can’t help but be mesmerized by. His long hair moving around the stage is almost as captivating as his voice.

This is just the beginning of the Everybody’s Home Nobody’s Happy world tour. Sawyer Hill is taking the world by storm, and his authentic rock sound is revving up the genre. Despite the tour's name, everybody left Irving Plaza very happy.

Photos and review by Alyssa Bole