[ATTENDED: May 6, 2022] Sheer Mag
I saw Sheer Mag back in 2017 and enjoyed their set quite a lot. I had said that
They play a terrific swagger-filled hard rock (comparisons to many riff rock bands of the 70s abound). And they are fronted by bad-ass singer Tina Halladay whose gritty voice sounds quite a bit like some of high-pitched male singers of the era.
They haven’t really made any new music since 2019, which is kind of a surprise as they were pretty prolific up until then.
This show had them playing a few songs from each of their albums and some of their earlier 7 inch records too.
This being a home town crowd, I thought the band would bring something extra. It seemed like they were a little cranky or something.
Although listening to some clips that I took, they sound great.
The rest of the band is brothers Hart and Kyle Seely (on bass and lead guitar). There’s also lyricist and guitarist/keyboardist/tambourinist Matt Palmer. Their touring team is joined by Giacomo Zatti on drums.
The only problem I felt for them was that they didn’t exactly fit in with the tone of the show. I eman Pinkshift are punk and Pup are punk. Sheer Mag is 100% punk in spirit (they self-release their music and remain (I believe) unsigned. But their music is much more classic rock (with punk overtones).
It almost feels like Sheer Mag were like the old people on the bill (even though Tina is 2 years younger than the guys in Pup). Not to say they were bad at all, just a different vibe.
| 2022 | 2017 |
| Steel Sharpens Steel ⇔ | Meet Me in the Street ♥ |
| Just Can’t Get Enough ♥ | Fan the Flames ≈ |
| Sit and Cry ∼ | Hard Lovin’ ∼ |
| Silver Line ⇔ | Expect the Bayonet ♥ |
| Expect the Bayonet ♥ | Pure Desire ♥ |
| Pure Desire ♥ | Button Up ≈ |
| Nobody’s Baby ≅ | Just Can’t Get Enough ♥ |
| Fan the Flames ≈ | (Say Goodbye to) Sophie Scholl ♥ |
| Turn It Up ♥ | Nobody’s Baby ≅ |
| Turn It Up ♥ | |
| Can’t Stop Fighting ≅ | |
| encore | |
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Need to Feel Your Love ♥ |
| What You Want ∼ |
⇔ A Distant Call (2019)
♥ Need to Feel Your Love (2017)
≅ Sheer Mag (III 7″) (2016)
≈ Sheer Mag (III 7″) (2015)
∼ Sheer Mag (I 7″) (2015)
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