Recording: DAS RAD

Artist: DAS RAD

Songs: Radar + In Situ^*

Recorded at Houndstooth, November 30, 2023.

DAS RAD - Radar

DAS RAD - In Situ

I was rather pleased when I spotted that DAS RAD (who'd played their final show back in 2016) were back in action earlier this year — in their time, they were a tremendously fun live act, accelerating their sludge-punk from the crypt to the stratosphere. This reformulation comes with some adjustments — Ian McPhedran has taken over on bass (and even sang a couple new songs), but I was heartened to see founding bassist Allyn Norris taking the stage to sing a couple songs (including the band's transcendant hit "Tooth Fairy") to close out the set. There was less climbing the furniture than you might have seen back in the day, but all that energy was still coiled up, spurred on by a crowd that felt like a reunion of the old Teen Tits scene.

[DAS RAD will be back in action on Saturday, January 20th at BSMT 254 alongside Crying High, Troglos, and 60 Bux]

^* Thanks to the peeps for passing along the titles to these!