Three beautiful days came to an end the past Sunday evening. We knew that it all would be fine, but it turned as a great experience. 2 bands, a renting van loaded with amps and a desire to play as loud and intense it can be. Nothing can go wrong with that.
So we started from Athens and the first stop was Larisa and the Antidrastirio Squat, a basement inside the campus where lots of political groups and assemblies find shelter. A really important space for the status of greek county.
Lots of friendly faces, but also new people that we're happy we met! Gig was great and we sure gonna come back anytime soon!
The next day, after a stroll in the city we headed to Thessaloniki and AKI (the self organized space of medical school). Gig started around 12 o'clock with Grauh. They were one of the best bands we've ever experienced live in our scene. Their album is pretty great, but the live experience was something else. Real Post Hardcore to the bone.
Then we played and we had a wonderful time and then Kalpa played and they demolished eveything. Absolutely crushing. Last but not least, Juju Bruju, these wonderful kids, closed this heart warming night. The mathy explosions, the fucked up melodies, the screams, the singing all sounded so sweet and destructive in our ears.
It was easily one the of the best gigs we were part of and we want to thank all the people of Noise Dysphoria, especially Georgia, who pretty much set it up and the bands, for being so nice.
So the other day, with a few hours of sleep, we begun the trip of return to Athens and Prapopoulou Squat. There our friend Christos A.K.A Animal Nun joined us and we finally got to play together. Kalpa started the night with their devastating set and in no time it was our turn to play. We were really worried that we would sound like shit but we couldn't play better! The night closed with Animal Nun playing an incredibly loud noise wall set that was fucking cathartic. A shoutout and lots of kisses to all the Pull The Plug guys!
We want to thank everyone involved these three days, all the people that let us sleep in their houses, especially Kostas, our longtime friend, all the people we met and acquainted, all the squats, self organized spaces and the bands that we shared the gigs with and finally Kalpa, our fellow travellers. Days like these will be remembered.
