DON'T SHOOT DON'T SHOW

 no gigs to announce here just updating my blog to talk about screamo. 

the other night 6/20 i played one of the best sets of my life at left bank books with foxglove but i'll talk about that in a sec. 

on 6/8 i got to do guest vocals with miscomings at the 2nd night of portraits of past at black lodge. power strip also played and it was so nuts that those two bands were chosen for that night. shit rocked. it's insane to me that portraits in 20-30 years older than most of the kids in bands right now and put on a better and more energetic show than most. truly like a set full of love. one of those bands that reunited this year that i don't think is a cash grab unlike many. lots of love on that stage. was actually so special to get to see them live. 

I joined my friend josh's band special moves on bass recently which I am pretty excited about - think like westerbergy pop punk through a pollard 4 track filter with some twee bedroom shit going on. very fun. i had been into special moves before I even knew josh so it is an honor to play all these songs with him and cecelia. we are playing a few shows with neutral shirt in august if all goes well.

my tomatoes are doing pretty well. not overwatering this year. already seeing some flowers and fruit but obv its pretty early so i'm not getting my hopes up. 

my cat is worm free. 

foxglove has a cool tacoma gig 8/10 that's not announced yet. I'm supposed to make a flyer and should do so soon. 

anyway

foxglove got to play left bank books in seattle on friday with ...anditsnamewasepyon (LA/BOS), rosemarynodsuponthegrave (savannah) and the names of our friends (pdx). it was so so sick. absolutely beautiful cool night in seattle, grey. was crazy playing in pike place and seeing all these tourists and passersby look in and watch the gig bewildered. what was more crazy was the fact that sofia from AINWE was in the first screamo band i ever saw (she dreamt;she was the sea) and here we both were doing the same shit NINE years later. here is that flyer from the old show. it was also my first time playing in boston (in nick owen's band). 

also present at the gig was alex from infant island, the first screamo band i ever booked back in 2018 w/ soul glo. insane. i also played that gig, filling in on bass for razorwire bouquet. hellena (senza, tnoof, tolls, southtowne lanes) was also obv there and she was in the first screamo band i ever saw on the west coast (senza). also my friend erik was there who was the bassist in my very first ill-fated screamo band. meant a lot. just a very full circle and meaningful night for me, even if it was on the eve of the united states dropping bombs on iran. 

here's the footage of our set:

see u on the next one brothers and sisters.