Laid back lifestyle all summer long. It’s fall now, so these pictures are reminding me of warm days and no school. They were taken at Indian Brook in Bolton Landing, NY. The town is right on Lake George, and my Father’s side of the family has a nice big house on the lake. I’ll be going there until I die.
My band (myspace.com/hollowspa) got added to this show last minute, and we couldn’t have been more excited. Local favorites Braindead dropping their new LP, and an awesome tour package of Killing The Dream from California, The Carrier from Boston, and Gravemaker from Vancouver. I had my camera at the show and wasn’t planning on taking pictures, but I decided to partway in, causing me to miss taking shots of Gravemaker’s set.
Gravemaker played a played a decent set. They had a lot of energy and seemed sincere about what they were doing. No new ground broken musically, though, just pretty standard melodic HC like the other bands playing the show.
I was very excited to see The Carrier after listening to their new 7″ No Love Can Save Me on Deathwish Inc. several times in the weeks before the show. They were ok live, nothing that really moved me. A group of four or five kids I had never seen before were losing it to the band though. The fact that they struck bro poses the whole time they sang along was hilarious. One of my friends was talking to one of the kids who said “I can die happy now!” At least they were stoked on a relatively new band.
Braindead played next, with their tour bass player filling in, though their normal bass guy was at the show. Since the last time I saw them they added a whole bunch of interludes between songs, perhaps taking a cue from Blacklisted in making the time during guitar tuning a little more interesting. They sounded great, and kids went off. I hope these guys get some real recognition on their current U.S./Canada tour with Ruiner and All Teeth.
Killing the Dream is a band I wish I had gotten into earlier, but I’ve been really into their new album Fractures lately. They play really creative melodic HC that is both tuneful and extremely angry. Unlike most bands that play at Siren, KTD’s singer did not stay on the stage during their set, instead prowling the floor. It definitely made for a more intimate show experience. After their set I talked to their singer Eli, who was a very nice guy. He took some Hollows demos with him, let me know if you got one at a Killing The Dream show.
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