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[ATTENDED: March 6, 2026] Commitment

I listened to Commitment just before the show and was blown away by the band’s old school hardcore punk sound.  And that the singer was a woman (not all that common in hardcore).  The woman is Tati Salazar who can scream with an unparalleled fury.   I noticed that the guitarist from Soul Glo was standing in the back of the stage, and that made even more sense when I found out that the drummer is Soul Glo vocalist Pierce Jordan.  And he is a beast on the drums!  Holy cow he is fast and loud.

Guitarist Jake Smith (of Eye Flys, who I do not know) was on the far side of the stage and bassist Zach Bailey, was in front of me.  Bailey was fascinating to watch because his bass work was excellent, but he did not fit the part–he looked a little like Peter Parker in the early Spiderman movies.  He also wore a black latex glove on his left hand–how did it not get ripped on the strings that he was sliding all over?  The last time I saw someone wearing those gloves on stage was also at UA when Damien from Fucked Up said that he had cut his hand and the glove was for protection.  If Bailey cut his hand, it didn’t impact his playing at all.

The band came out and exploded all over the stage.  It was no-frills hardcore punk with almost no song reaching the two-minute mark (except for one longer song).  Now, I couldn’t understand a lot of what Tati was singing, but her energy and intensity made it pretty clear what the songs were generally about.

They played through their entire album (coming out next month) and may have played one song from their demo (that’s not on the album).  There was a guy behind me who never every word to all of the songs on their demo (I think 3 of the 5 songs are on the album) and he pushed up front to scream along (which made Tati pretty happy).

Between songs, Tati was as sweet as anyone, telling us that this was the biggest show they had played.  Later John Baizley said he saw them at the Ukie Club (he goes to the Ukie Club??) and was blown away by them.

They were intense and amazing.  I loved their whole set.  I’m looking forward to giving the album a spin when it comes out.

I’m not sure if a setlist will get posted.  Maybe I can tell what songs they were from the video clips I took (but not until the album comes out).  I think they played the album in order with the extra song Betrayal played in there somewhere too.

Betrayal ≥
Thirsty ♥
Let’s Begin ♥
Bukakkracy ♥
Hellraiser ♥
Pluto in Aquarius ♥
DOG POUND ♥
Hall of Meat ♥
Content ♥
STD ♥
Lickback ♥
Hard Candy ♥
Affirmative Action ♥
Bada Bing! ♥
Neuromancer ♥
Fear Of♥

♥ Fear Of (2026)
♥ Demo (2025)