Santa Cruz hardcore DRAIN with and PEST CONTROL. Tickets https://tinyurl.com/BAdrain26
From £30 adv// 19:00
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"Straight up, no one is having more fun than me when we're up there!" beams DRAIN frontman Sammy Ciaramitaro, whose face is perpetually glued in a grinFor anyone that's seen the Santa Cruz hardcore firebrands live, there's no mistaking that factDrain isn't just a good time as Sammy presides over the chaos of stagediving bodies and mic-grabbing frontline; it's a party-and everyone is invited(Dolphin shorts and boogie boards are optional but encouraged.) "The vibe of it is, enthusiastic, hectic," says the vocalist"Five people deep singing and stagediving, then kids going berserk behind thatIt's a great vibe and I think people pick up on that."
That, in a nutshell is DRAINThe quartet inject a serious dose of relatability-not to mention catchiness-into hardcore's penchant for toughness and brutality on their Epitaph debut Living ProofCiaramitaro's desperate, snotty howl rides roughshod over thrash-leaning riffage as rhythms bounce in a big wayIf you're picturing the Pacific Ocean waves that rise and fall along the coastal town, occasionally violently so, you're not far off
Produced by longtime friend and multi-instrumentalist Taylor Young (God's Hate, Suicide Silence), then mixed by John Markson (Drug Church, Koyo), this is hardcore for everybody"As the band gets bigger, I try and keep that feeling alive," says the smiling singer"Every night I set up the merch and run it until it's time to playI want to be the guy that everyone says hello toI want to thank every single kid that comes out for being there."
From opener "Run Your Luck" to the closing title track, between surefire pit-pleaser "Imposter" to solo-charged anthem "Weight of the World," Living Proof is a surefire spark-to-flame for a band that can't help but be anything but themselves"It's very authentic, which is why kids can relate," says Ciaramitaro"I'm not a super deep, poetic lyricistI want to feel like I'm having a conversation, very down to earthI'm not going to front, I grew up middle-class; I grew up in a house, a suburban homeI'm not from the streets and I'm not going to front like I amLyrically, the things I write about are things I can personally attest to."
DRAIN came together in the sleepy, oceanside NorCal climes of Santa Cruz in 2014 when Ciaramitaro met up with guitarist Cody Chavez and drummer Tim Flegal while attending college"We had no idea or gameplan of what we were trying to do," says Sammy"It was more like, 'Hey, you have a metal band T-shirt, and I got a Downpresser shirt on, and someone likes Municipal WasteWe should all play together.'" While nearby scenes like San Jose and Oakland (known for the legendary Gilman Street venue) had local heat, Drain had to pull up their bootstraps to ignite their own"We made our own scene in Santa Cruz," reveals the DIY vocalist proudly; he began booking shows at Café Pergolesi, a local coffee shop that became the town's hardcore hub
"When people come to Santa Cruz, they're like, 'Oh, I get it, DRAIN looks like what this town looks likeWe also sound like what you expect Santa Cruz to sound like," says the frontman, touching on their home's penchant for surfing and skatingThe quartet all grew up in California and proudly embrace its hardcore historyCiaramitaro hails from the South Bay's San Pedro, which birthed Black Flag and The Minutemen, a far cry from DRAIN's sound but with an intensity and honesty they undeniably channel
It's the same kind of spirit that allowed them to build a Santa Cruz homebase and the same kind of spirit that would allow them to wave its flag across the nation on the back of two EPs: Over Thinking (2016) and Time Enough at Last (2017)It earned them pockets of fans across the United States, but it was with 2018's promo single that DRAIN's California cool started boiling overThe two songs ("Army of One" and "California Cursed") were, simply put, AWESOME and these Beach Sharks shredded a blistering set at 2019's Los Angeles' Sound and Fury fest and rode the wave straight to a deal with Revelation Records
Their debut for the label took its name, California Cursed, a little too literally when it launched at the dawn of Covid-19 and the resultant worldwide lockdownWell, sort of-the smiley singer even found a blessing in that curse
"Kids fell in love with music but didn't have the chance for two years to see it live," states Sammy"Now that it's come back, the feeling is, 'I want to see it liveI want to go to every showI want to experience it." DRAIN didn't merely jump back onto stages across North American, they exploded onto them
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