Today's post catches us up further on updates from local/Barrie crossover thrash quintet Spades GT's July activity, and as you may recall, they headlined the release party for their new album "United" at The Bovine Sex Club in Toronto on July 5th. While we still don't know when the former Jack Spades will return home to Sault Ste. Marie, we can witness what happened at The Bovine for ourselves, as ZigSeven's Dave Galante was on hand to film the proceedings for his/the band's YouTube channel! You may recognize Dave from filming at Walterstock III and the Steve Edwin McLeod memorial concerts (both featuring Spades), so kudos to him for coming out to their headlining show last month, let alone filming over an hour & 48 minutes of content! The video begins with Dave talking to the camera before and after getting a sandwich near the venue before the show began, and you've gotta love his fancy sunglasses!
The first band on July 5th was Spades guitarist Daniel Horton's other band The Fast Life (whose frontman Andrew Moorehouse was a guest backing vocalist on both Spades GT albums), and they got 12:30 of footage for Dave's video, so click here to jump straight to the beginning of what he captured that night. After some between-set mingling, we next see the stars of the evening, as Spades GT actually played the middle set rather than closing up for unannounced reasons (maybe there was a scheduling issue?) Dave filmed 40 minutes of action from J.D., Daniel, Tyler, Matthew, and Sean here, and in order, they played "United", "Hands" (featuring guest backing vocals from G.F.U. frontman Jeremy Cibirka), "Demons", "Red", "Strong" (featuring guest rapper Mersinary like on the studio track), "Cenobites", "Wrecked", a cover of Turbonegro's "All My Friends Are Dead" (featuring Andrew Moorehouse on guest vocals), ...
..."Final Girl", and "Die On Our Feet" (featuring ex-guitarist Jay Sarrazin like on the studio version), to end their set. Of note, their set alternated between "United" and "Sewer City Radio" sets back and forth, though the Turbonegro cover did briefly interrupt that pattern. After Dave mingles outside The Bovine between sets, the video closes with York Region punk band G.F.U.'s closing set, and he filmed 48 minutes of punk action from this talented veteran act. Click here to go straight to their set to check out what they had in store, and watch for a member of Spades GT getting on stage midway through! There's a lot to take in here, but kudos to Dave for filming all that he did, and he got some solid quality (and horizontal!) footage of full sets here, and Spades GT sounded raw and in your face as you'd expect! You also get some quality visuals of The Bovine's interior and the packed house for the bands' sets throughout the video's runtime!
Note that, in the host segment bits with Dave using his camera in "selfie mode", he added post-production effects and a logo noting that the video was now in "Zigview". Fun way to differentiate from the band clips and not distract from them with the added effects and logo! And yes, that is former Project 421/Re:Born singer/guitarist (and past bandmate of both J.D.'s and Dan's) Blair Burch as the photographer, he has been snapping pictures at a lot of GTA concerts since moving to Southern Ontario last year. Click here to see his ample shots from the release concert, and relive the complete release party (or see what you missed if you're in the Sault area) below!
We'll close this post with a brief video from guitarist Matthew "Fang" Voros from Spades' Facebook page on July 6th, where he thanked everyone for attending the album release party. There, he called it "a big hit" and "a great time", while also complimenting seeing familiar and new faces alike. Nothing really new here, but it is neat to see Matt take the lead in some official Spades GT social media content, so give it a watch below!That's all for now, but stay tuned for weekend concert previews on the site next! Thanks everyone!
No comments:
Post a Comment