Native Sun, Activity

** Due to an injury, Thus Love are no longer able to perform on 3.25.2023.  The show will still be taking place with Native Sun, Activity, and Flossing.  If you can no longer attend, refunds will be available at your point of purchase. **

Native Sun, Activity, FLOSSING, Pure Adult (DJ Set) at Union Pool.

21+

NATIVE SUN:

No conversation about New York City rock’n’roll is complete without Native Sun. Fronted by Colombian-American songwriter Danny Gomez, the band makes cathartic and timeless songs that are undeniable. Along with drummer Nico Espinosa and bassist Justin Barry, their livewire local gigs are simultaneously welcoming and rowdy and it’s made them a can’t-miss fixture of city nightlife. But on their latest EP Off With Our Heads (out October 14th via Grand Jury Music/Rough Trade Publishing), they’ve crafted their rawest and most resonant collection of songs yet. Produced by Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand), the tracks burst with the kinetic energy of their live show but find Gomez singing about grief, his disillusionment with the world, and lovingly documenting the lives of the outcasts and misfits in his home. They shared the pre-announcement single, “Sister”, earlier this year and returned with singles “There’s Revolution" and “When She.”On “There’s Revolution,” Native Sun channel the heyday of the Lower East Side punk scene, with Gomez’ snarl and the band’s fuzzed-out guitars even recalling bands like The Stooges at their most gnarly. Native Sun has never shied away from the political, but the tenor on their new EP is at a fever pitch. Looking at our “new normal”, with climate apocalypse, civil unrest, unprecedented natural disasters, and overlapping public health emergencies, not to mention the political efforts to combat these society-shattering issues as impotent as ever, a call for revolution never felt as evergreen.

ACTIVITY:

Activity are an avant four-piece who gleefully discard the more weary connotations of indie rock through a natural, minimal and intelligent use of modern implements. Their debut album, Unmask Whoever forms a casually menacing framework for lyrical themes of paranoia, exposed character flaws, and the broader human capacity for growth when an ugly truth is laid bare.

FLOSSING:

Heather Elle (ex-BODEGA/The Wants) moves from rhythm section mainstay to haunting front-woman and pop poet as FLOSSING.

PURE ADULT (DJ Set):Experimental rock band from NYC.