When earlier this year, Pagan hung up their leads, no one was happy. The reason for that is after seven years, a cult-classic debut album and countless hours on stage, they gained quite the following. A cult in and of itself, the Pagan family mourned their leaders’ demise along with the rest of the scene. As a final goodbye, we dug up a gallery from their show at the Hordern Pavilion last September as a metaphorical rose to throw on the coffin.
Photos by James O’Connor.
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