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Thursday September
16 2021 8:30PM doors -- music at 9:00PM ••• ALL AGES $13 Spiritual Cramp www.facebook.com/spiritualcramptv hardcore deranged punk SPICE www.facebook.com/spiceispain.band ppst punk, indie rock Neutrals www.facebook.com/neutralsnotswiss indie pop, scottish punk Paul Rivas (from Old Firm Casuals) and SKUM spinning vinyl Spiritual Cramp -from San Francisco, CA -San Francisco post-punk band that pulls a lot of power from the early ’80s moment when punk and post-punk and goth were all still essentially the same thing. Citing sources from early Dub influenced Clash, Blitz and The Modern Lovers - Spiritual Cramp exist in a strange vacuum somewhere between David Byrne's oversized suit and a bar fight between a bunch of drunk goons on Polk Street in SF. SPICE -from Los Angeles/San Franciso, CA -Formed in 2018 and based across California, each members’ roots are in the North Bay of San Francisco. Comprised of Ross Farrar (vocals) and Jake Casarotti (drums), both of Ceremony, along with Cody Sullivan (bass), Ian Simpson (guitar), and Victoria Skudlarek (violin), Spice’s sound pulls from the sense of melody and drive inherent to Bay Area pedigree, peppered with modernity and awash with an anthemic haze. The hook is in the connection as much as melody, with each song building its inner narrative and exploration of affliction. Traversing guitar-driven indie-pop and call-to-action impulse, Spice balances their urgency by interspersing violin melodies and layers, creating depth without oversaturating the heart of each song. Building complexity with laser focus, Spice shares the authoritative drive of Jawbreaker, J Church, The Horrors, and Fugazi, set in their own world of unrest. Neutrals -from SF/Oakland, CA -Neutrals are a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area, channeling a wide range of '70s and '80s punk, post-punk, and indie-pop influences. Their debut album "Kebab Disco" came out in 2019 on Emotional Response Records and garnered universal acclaim as "an excellent collection of terse melodies, unique storytelling, and scraping pop. (AllMusic)". The band followed-up with an excellent five song EP earlier this year on Domestic Departure. "Personal Computing" b/w "In The Future" is their new single and has the distinction of being the final entry in our SLR30 Singles Series. Both sides were recorded just before the COVID-19 lockdown began and share a bittersweet nostalgia for an imagined rose-tinted future that never was. The mood of thwarted utopian dreams feels all too appropriate right now and the tense, angular songs on this single are an ideal soundtrack for this unsettled moment. Paul Rivas (from Old Firm Casuals) -from San Francisco, CA -spinning vinyl |
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