Recording: The Nihilist Spasm Band

Artist: The Nihilist Spasm Band

Song: What About Me

Recorded at Yonge-Dundas Square (Intersection Festival – Day 3), September 3, 2022.

The Nihilist Spasm Band - What About Me

Returning after a couple pandemic hiatus years, the Intersection Festival made its way back to the concrete expanse of Yonge-Dundas Square, bringing abrasive and strange sounds to the wider public. Keeping to the main stage (except for Kristina Guison's circular sander art installation), this was a bit more of a stripped-down affair than years past, but the organizational caution meant things went off without a hitch. Even on a Labour Day weekend afternoon, downtown feels a little less hectic than it used to be, but it was nice to be outside and run into some familiar faces for the first time in so long.

Short a couple members from these London legends, a quartet of John Clement (baritone guitar), Aya Onishi (drums), Art Pratten (pratt-a-various), and John Boyle (kazoo, thumb piano) still managed to generate some clatter. Bill Exley's stentorian tones were most definitely missed, though John Boyle was game to declaim some of the classic texts.