I hope all of our Canadian readers are having a happy Thanksgiving! On this holiday, we have a new news post to check out featuring new videos from two different acts, and leading off, a surprising LOCAL CONCERT ALERT that many fans of the punk scene from 20+ years ago will be amped to check out. Here's what you should know!
Defunct local indie/emo punk band Fuller will return to the stage for one night only on Thursday, December 28th at LopLops Lounge! This will be Fuller's first concert since 2005 or 2006, entirely predating this blog's existence, but they were a quite memorable band in their mid-2000s heyday that played at a number of high profile concerts and released a debut EP (which curiously did not have any titles for the songs). It's not 100% clear what lineup will represent Fuller in two months, but frontman Jamie Vincent (ex-AlgomA/Bad Back) and bassist Mark Rand (Cross Dog/ex-Lion Ride) are definitely credited in Facebook tags for this event. You can check out videos from Fuller's original run on ex-(?)drummer Nathan Sauve's YouTube channel, and their indie punk stylings will definitely be welcomed back to the stage over the holiday season! Also note that Fuller have launched an Instagram page.
Sparingly seen local punk supergroup The Gambit (née The Sick Sons) will return to the stage for their first concert in exactly one year, having opened for The Northwest on December 28th of last year in their first gig after renaming and expanding to a quintet (the band still has not identified the new second guitarist online, for the record). It'll be good to see The Gambit back after way too long, especially given their familiar lineup of local punk veterans! The other scheduled band is Honest Work (not to be confused with Honest Job), a new band featuring former Nebraska Arms bandmates Wayne Watkins, Dave Prendergast, and Adam Sauve. No word yet on if they have other band members, not helped by their apparent lack of an online page at press time, but fans of Nebraska Arms and/or Wayne's other bands like The Northwest will want to take notice of the up tempo punk surely to come! And of course, R.I.P. Guy.
This 19+ event has an advertised 8:00 PM start time, and an admission fee has not been announced as of this writing. An Eventbrite link will be made soon for online tickets, but there will be admission at the door on an apparently limited basis. If you're at all a fan of local punk rock from the 2000s, this will be a must-attend concert, both from the names taking the stage individually and from Fuller's reunion, which was not something I expected to learn yesterday! Visit the official Facebook event page for continuing details on what will be a huge night!
We'll close today with some new videos, starting with a new playthrough teaser video from local progressive metal duo Convergence's YouTube channel! Along with some re-posts of Facebook content (including now-embeddable copies of some earlier "Reels"), the completely new video is of guitarist Brendan Christie playing 61 seconds of a promisingly heavy new original song named "Cancer", which is notable for featuring an uncredited vocalist! They had teased working on a session basis with former State of Misery/Valentine's Day Massacre singer Steve Rhodes, and while I cannot 100% confirm if this is him on this track, the vocal style is reminiscent of how he sounds with his current Southern Ontario deathcore band Prosector. The full song has not yet surfaced, but the former Kraken Mara continue to tweak their studio material on their website?
The guys have opted to move "The Ebb" off of their debut EP "One" and onto an apparent new release with unique cover artwork, but it's either self-titled or untitled yet. It joins another new instrumental song named "Glass Statues", but it's not listed as being on sale yet. "The Ebb" was a belated addition to "One" anyway, so clearly the guys changed their mind about tacking it onto the existing EP (which we review on the site later this month), but we'll let you know as things get clarified further. Also, "Glass Statues" is a very solid track for prog metal fans, and perfectly on board with their other material too! Give Convergence's current and newest material a watch/listen above & below!
Finally for today, here's a new video from former Skeyes of Seven/Sense of Truth frontman Cory Murchison's YouTube channel! Posted last month in his first performance video since the winter, it's a cover of Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond", which has become something of a flashpoint in recent months over its lyrical content. I won't get into any of that here, and while I think Cory's voice works better on rock songs than acoustic country, it's a well performed cover that fans of the original will take to. Give it a look below, and look for more from Cory in due course!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!
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