I Just Read About That…

[ATTENDED: October 22, 2024] Star Carr / Quick Chills

Star Carr is a Mesolithic archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England. It is around five miles (8 km) south of Scarborough.

I had never heard of it. Nor the Baltimore-based band of the same name.

Star Carr is psychedelic street punk.
Oren Folus-drums, Don McIntosh-guitars and vocals, Sebästian Grey-bass and vocals.

Their band site says :

“Do you like the MC5? The Stooges? Wish Motorhead sang about unions and the Baltimore uprising? Wanted to put Thin Lizzy, The Business, and Hawkwind in a blender and hear how it sounded? You’re gonna wanna listen to Star Carr!”- Tyler Vile, poet, author

And that is pretty spot on.  They were very loud in the small space, but they were really good.  Heavy, crunchy, nice riffs.  Two singers, heavy drums.

But I felt bad for them because they took a really long time to set up and then only played about 20 minutes.  I’m not sure what they played, but their new album had just come out so I assume it was mostly from that.

Quick Chills is from Philly.  Their band is described as

a high-energy, rock ‘n’ roll powerhouse trio fusing alternative, punk, and indie rock that channels the currents of decades past while propelling into the unexplored territories of tomorrow

I assumed, from the way the bands were listed that Quick Chills was going to go on second.  I was looking forward to seeing them.  The show started at 7:30 rather than 8 and I arrived just around 8 as the opening band was packing up.

It turned out that Quick Chills went on first.  I speculate that Star Carr was late and so Quick Chills went on first (I felt like Star Carr was a little flustered while getting set up).  I didn’t see any of their set.  I also felt really bad because there was virtually no one there.  Most of the people around me were friends with the band, it seemed.

There were a few people there for Star Carr, but I was very pleased to be able to sit on the bar stool and watch them.