by Roy Scopazzi
It didn’t hit me until I started editing these photos but the all red lighting the Bottom of the Hill set up for Lifeguard makes complete sense seeing as the main color for the American Red Cross is red and white. Was that intentional? Absolutely not, but it both was a fun coincidence and the plain color fit the workman like performance by them. Not to say it was boring, but I really appreciate a real Meat-and-Potatoes rock and roll show where a band plays their stuff and plays it extremely well. Through their less than an hour set they worked through most of their debut studio album, a handful of songs from their EPs and fit in a cover of Fire in Cairo by the Cure. No real flair but a fantastic sound that I’m hoping will catch on from music like this, for both them and Kai Slater’s solo work as Sharp Pins.
Famous Mammals delivered their own brand of rock as their bassist mentioned, almost as an obligation to most acts that come here, that the Bottom is closing. He used this as an excuse to mention how he used to sneak into shows when he was young, thankfully he didn’t need to do that this time!
Sunday Mourners started the show off with a rollicking set of post-punk tracks from their debut album which was released earlier this year. They have the same kind of post-punk sound as a Parquet Courts or Squid and also that same kind of nervous energy.
