[ATTENDED: October 29, 2021] Pinkshift
I hadn’t heard of Pinkshift (I don’t quite understand the name) before this show, but holy cow they blew me away.
Pinkshift is from Baltimore and they play a great mix of grunge and punk all coordinated by lead singer Ashrita Kumar.
Kumar is an amazing front woman, channeling her anger and aggression into an amazing set of songs. It was awesome seeing a young Indian American woman fronting a punk band and telling the crowd what to do.
Guitarist Paul Vallejo and bassist Erich Weinroth were locked in step as they rocked. And drummer Myron Houngbedji was completely intense
The first two songs were intense with Ashrita stalking he stage and commanding the crowd.
Then she introduced the next song, when you just want to say to someone “Get Out of My Face.” It was a raging hardcore song with an intense chorus.
She introduced a couple of new “quarantine” songs, including one with the “terrible” name of “Crapple.” She asked the crowd for better names and the Philly crowd shouted “Go Birds” which she (thankfully) didn’t hear.
They followed it with the amazingly titled “i’m gonna tell my therapist on you.”
They played all of the songs from their Saccharine EP and a few new ones. They commanded the stage, blew away the audience and left the stage.
After the show they were hanging around and had a huge crowd around them. They were friendly and excited to talk to their new fans.
And best of all, they’re opening for Pup on tour this spring and I get to see them again.
- Toro $
- Mars $
- Get Out of My Face
- On Thin Ice $
- Cherry
- Crapple
- i’m gonna tell my therapist on you $
- Rainwalk $
$ Saccharine EP (2021)
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