PVRIS performs at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 2021. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF.

SAN FRANCISCO — PVRIS brought a high-flying intensity to the Great American Music Hall Wednesday night, playing its first Bay Area show in two years.

Vocalist Lynn Gunn and co. opened up with their new single, “Monster.” The distortion of the bass in the chorus introduced a sound that contrasted the duality of Gunn’s Jekyll-and-Hyde vocal play within the song.

Filled with adrenaline, the Massachusetts band riled up the crowd with “Dead Weight” and “St. Patrick.” “Gimme a Minute” was next and infused a high tempo with a thumping synthesizer pounding to the beat alongside Gunn’s punchy vocals. PVRIS then slowed things down with “What’s Wrong” and “Half.”

“I feel awkward whenever there is a talking part because I don’t know what to say,” Gunn said before thanking fans for coming out.

PVRIS performs at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 2021.

The band also played a couple of new unreleased songs in “If I Don’t Wake Tomorrow” and “My Way.” Gunn described the former as “so dramatic [and about] friendship and friends pulling you out of hard times.”

“I feel that we can all relate to that,” she said.

The group also shared a story about its first time on tour in San Francisco and visiting former drummer Brad Griffin’s aunt and uncle before transitioning to “Stay Gold.”

The performance reached an apex with “Old Wounds,” with the crowd singing along with Gunn and the band feeding off that energy. The energetic frenzy continued through the remaining songs like “Walk Alone” and main set closer “Death of Me.”

The encore included PVRIS’ alt-pop smash, “Hallucinations.”

Royal & the Serpent performs at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 2021.

Royal & the Serpent (Ryan Santiago) opened up the show with “i can’t get high,” off her latest album, searching for nirvana. The song’s highlight was a clipped bass sound infused over the propulsive guitar melody.

The New Jersey singer-songwriter rocked the room with electro-pop songs like “Fanny Pack” and “Choke.” Santiago mentioned that the last show she had played was also in San Francisco.

During one of her more popular songs, “Phuck U,” she encouraged attendees to raise their middle fingers while singing along. Staying on the same theme, she also played “GO PHUCK URSELF,” about not being on the list to make it into heaven and ending up going to hell after asking to speak to the manager.

“Girls,” more of a pop-rock anthem, made it easy to dance along before Santiago and her band transitioned to the much harder and high-pitched “EAT SPIT!”

Royal & the Serpent ended their set with “Overwhelmed,” a bumping tune that dripped distorted bass alongside guitar plucking.

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