[DID NOT ATTEND: June 1, 2024] Broke Body / Grace Vonderkuhn / Spirit Weak / Whose Hands Are These?
I continue to try to see see Grace Vonderkuhn. I’ve seen them once, and they do play around here a lot, but it just never seems to work out for me. Ideally I’d like to see them headline (which they never seem to do). Although this show seemed very promising, it fell at an awkward time for me (Saturday nights are hard for me to want to go out on after being home all day). But the lineup was interesting.
Broke Body is from Philly.
A slow-burning force on the Philly rock scene, Broke Body is gearing up to release its next batch of new music. The Paranoid Particles EP last September made for a solid project-length introduction to Broke Body via a punchy set of five post-punk infused atmospheric rockers. But the stage is where the band has truly shone in the time since, and this power trio — singer-guitarist Jackie McLaughlin, bassist Davey Jones, drummer Nolee Morris — has shaped its sound into something as bracing as it is body-moving.
I really love the bass work on their songs–playing some lead parts over the guitar chords. And the drummer is tight and up for sharp tempo changes. The vocals/guitars are also quite good.
Grace Vonderkuhn is simply great and as I say I can’t wait to see them again
Spirit Weak is from Philly. And their bio is really spot on
If Drug Church, Weezer, and Pup walked into a bar, Spirit Weak would be the punchline! Spirit Weak is a South Philadelphiapunk adjacent band — spearheaded by Mazz Cardone. It was March of 2023 that a full band formed around Spirit Weak, with Chris Bryson on drums, Mike Brein on second guitar, a rotation of friends filling in on bass — and they played their first show on May
I definitely see the PUP influence, although they are not quite as fast, and their vocals have a slightly harsher edge.
Whose Hands are These? are from Lancaster and play driving rock. Their publicity is a oddly pretentious, but the music rocks.
Now that i’ve written this I probably should have gone. It seems like a really fun night.
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