This past week I happened to stumble upon this post-punk hardcore band or rather they happened to stumble upon me. As many of you may or may not know I used to set up shows at my former residence in the greatest shithole that is known as north philadelphia. We only put on about half a dozen shows before we were shut down by the unhappy neighbors that surrounded us in our tiny 18th century row home. But before that happened we managed to list our house on Do DIY USA, which flooded my inbox for months with requests from bands dying to play in our living room. After awhile the messages stopped coming in such large amounts but even to this day I still get messages. That's how I found out about Fuck Attack!.
I took a minute to check out what they had to offer and was pleasantly surprised. They mix the right amount of sassy ear candy riddled with sheer angsty punk influence. These guys are all originally from the central pennsylvania area but have relocated to philadelphia for reasons that are unbeknown to me. But this past weekend they just so happened to be playing a gig in downtown Harrisburg at this bar called the G-Man. The bar wasn't charging to get in so I figured what the hell. I hadn't explored the downtown nightlife too much since I turned 21 so I thought this to be the perfect opportunity. The showed was scheduled to start at 9:30 p.m. and I strolled in just short of 10. The G-man isn't the ideal venue to host live performance due to the oddly arranged layout of the place. As soon as I walked in building I was elbow to elbow with about 50 other people in this cramped faux tiki bar.
I managed to make my way to the bar and order a couple of drafts and watch one of the opening acts. Nothing special there. Then Fuck Attack went on and by this point I was three sheets to the wind. They seemed a bit nervous as it was only their second show and their set appeared rushed and rather sloppy. Or maybe I was the one who was sloppy. Either way I only stuck around for about half their set. Everyone was sitting down eating with the exception of a few die hard fans that weren't doing much except for this one girl who was dancing like an idiot. She was probably dating one of the guys in the band I assume. I tried pushing the lead vocalist to get some sort of interaction going between the band and the audience, but that never panned out. Shows like that tend to bore me quite quickly so I left and got sloshed.
Good recordings. Good songs. Live stuff could stand a bit of improvement. Overall a band worth checking out.
it's ya boii,
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