Punch played ABC No Rio and Death By Audio
August 16th, 2012 by chocko
It was a weekend of Punch in NYC when the San Francisco based hardcore punk band played ABC No Rio in the Lower East Side (08/04) and Death By Audio in Brooklyn (08/05). Last time I saw the band play around these parts, lead singer Meghan O’Neil was hopping around due to a broken foot but this time, the band rocked at full strength. The slimy and sweaty mess of a crowd was treated to an energetic and violent set of killer riffs and screaming vocals punctuated with machine gun beats and blasts. To the untrained ear, it’s hard to tell where the lightning quick songs begin or end during a Punch set unless the band stops to gasp for some air or get hydrated. Drummer Val Saucedo worked the double shift, providing the beats for not only Punch but for openers, Living Eyes too. Living Eyes are an awesome hardcore punk band from Oakland, California with a 7″ titled Starve For Agony with 8 killer tracks that will crush you alive! I picked up a couple other goodies at the merch table including the Punch Nothing Lasts E.P. (blue vinyl-first press) which I’ve been playing constantly… “Time Apart” and “How Nothing Lasts” are my favorite tracks. I also picked up their second album titled Push Pull (brutal songs + smart lyrics!) and a ‘zine by Meghan titled “Something You Have…” which features photos of band mates, family, friends and cats taken in off-beat locations in different cities and foreign countries. More ‘zines please!
Check out Deathwish Inc. for Punch and Living Eyes records and stuff.
Check out the videos below of the sweat-soaked show at ABC No Rio. I definitely lost some water weight and put my deodorant to the test!
SET LIST
How Nothing Lasts
Don’t Start
Ol’ Factory
Do It Yourself
Stay Afloat
No Such Thing As A Stupid Question
Time Apart
Get Back
Positively God Free
Fuming
Nothing Left
Let Me Forget
Fixation
If Not Me
Words
Here’s RJ Leimpeter of Living Eyes providing the rage-filled vocals and about to set things off at ABC, opening for Punch. High energy 90’s era hardcore sounds with a lotta hopping around. It’s Clobbering Time!
Punch and Living Eyes played Brooklyn the following night at the diy space, Death By Audio. It’s a great venue to see a band but the smoking there has got to come to an end! Even the band had something to say about it. C’mon, alll you nicotine addicted hipsters and punks, take your stinky cigarette smoking outside. Second hand smoke ain’t no joke! Besides stinking like an ashtray and having my arm grated like cheese while being dragged across the front speakers, the show was loads of fun. Hopefully they come back to NYC soon with more new records and ‘zines. Check out the video below of Punch performing “words” at DBA.
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