[ATTENDED: June 3, 2018] Radiator Hospital
Radiator Hospital is a Philly band led by Sam Cook-Parrott.
They write short, punky songs with Cook-Parrott singing most of them.
In an interview he said
Usually, I write simple songs so we can learn them quickly and then play shows. But then six months after we recorded it, we will look back at the recorded version and think we play [those songs] much better now after playing at shows all the time.
His voice is kind of high and the music is kind of, not sloppy exactly, but loose. His voice fits in perfectly. And his guitar playing style is a lot of fun as well. I loved that he seemed to “pose” before the start of each song.
The rest of the band is singer and guitarist Cynthia Schemmer, bassist Jon Rybicki, and drummer Jeff Bolt.
Some of their songs (I didn’t learn any names) were slower, and often Schemmer sang backing vocals. Schemmer even took lead vocals on a faster song.
But even after some slower songs, they always came back to the fast ones. I enjoyed how many chord changes there were in this song.
I believe most of their set came from their fifth (!) record Play “The Songs You Like” which sounds more polished than their live show.
But their live show was a ton of fun.
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