Sunday, 29 January 2023

Recent Shows + Upcoming Shows + Spirit Desire Photos

Unsurprisingly, things have been BUSY!

Spirit Desire just played a really sweet gig with Tearing Up & Angel Apricot last month thanks to Dave from Transmit! It was right at the end of my semester, the day after my birthday & the 8th gig I'd played in about 6 weeks, so to say I was exhausted is a bit of an understatement... Still ruled, though!

Flyer by me!
Flyer by me!
Flyer by me!

After getting 2 more with boxcutter out the way earlier this month (which you can read about here), I finally got a long-awaited break from shows that I'm trying to enjoy, especially now that I'm back in school... However, that break comes to an end next weekend: SD & Influx both have Big Gigs coming up soon!

Flyer by me!
Flyer by me!

SD's playing a benefit show at Bar Orwell with our friends in Piper Maru & Treehouse of Horror to raise funds for the Parkdale Community Health Centre! All proceeds will go towards buying supplies for local residents in need of tents, warm clothes & the like. It's my first real time booking a show (with the help of my dear friend Emily), so I'm even more excited than usual!

5 days later, Influx will be opening for Gel, Wild Side & Life in Vacuum at Expo! We've got a new song ready to go & a ton of pent-up energy after 2 months off, so come check out an insanely stacked bill before it sells out completely (EDIT: looks like it already has)!

That's not all, though:

Flyer by Jesse Feinman.

Influx is also set to play night 1 of 11PM Eternal at the end of March!!! We'll be there alongside Concealed Blade, Firewalker, Indre Krig, 80HD, Tempter, Ideation & Payload, which is maybe the beefiest lineup of hardcore bands I've seen around here in years... Very, very excited for this one!

Lastly, here's some photos from SD's set at the Dine Alone showcase from November by M.G. Ommert! <3

Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.
Photo by M.G. Ommert.

'Til next time!

- Kai