With an emphasis on high energy presentation and guitar heavy, back track-free rock and roll, The Shelters presented a genuine, enjoyable, and energetic if not intimate presentation, rolling through about a half dozen songs and a cover. Chase Simpson and Josh Jove share duties as lead vocalists and lead guitarists, employing both natural chemistry and an aggressive twin-guitar attack. Jacob Pillot on bass offered strong back-up vocals and a solid bottom end, propelled by Sebastian Harris on drums- who, mostly hidden in a shadowy backline, held metronome-like provisions and southern-styled grooves with equal gravitas. Chase and Josh alternately referenced the Columbus audience, labeling them “Columbians,” a bit of a stretch. But their banter was merely a mechanism to propel the show forward. And propel it did.

Their most well known and currently-in-radio-rotation single, Rebel Heart, is a classic blues rocker with the composition of Steppenwolf and the tonality of early The Strokes. It fell near the end of the set, and though the audience was more interested in dancing and enjoying the general vibe the rest of the time, people engaged and even sang along to the familiar.