I missed out on BANKS last week at Governors Ball, heard great things, and was intent on checking out her set at Bonnaroo. She didn’t disappoint, delivering what was easily the most entrancing performance I encountered on my first night at the festival. Playing underneath This Tent, BANKS had a somewhat intimate space, and filled it not only with a particularly fervent crowd considering she’s yet to release her debut full-length, but also with pounding, pulsating synths for the fifty or so minutes she played. Of it all, “Before I Ever Met You” and “Waiting Game” were the clear standouts. She closed with the latter, giving it a live iteration that, magnified by a few sizes, managed to feel both ominous and infectious. The song thrummed in my head for the rest of the weekend, becoming one of the only things I wanted to listen to on my late night drives back to my hotel. BANKS’ debut just moved a few slots up my list of albums to look forward to in the latter half of this year.