Practicing Sincerity (bandcamp), whose songs appear to be the exuberant, liberated effects of a truly practiced sincerity, wherein first song "Goner" says "Go to shows alone/ and know that I'll be with my friends", and the second song's last verse, to me one of the most romantic ever:
"Last December I Thought I/
Was Gonna Die/
And Now Just Holding Your Hand/
I've Never Felt More Alive/
Is This What Being Alive Feels Like/
Is This What Being Alive Feels Like/
Is This What Being Alive Feels Like/
I Think I Like It"
Practicing Sincerity is joined in this opening set by fellow Santa Cruz bands BB Sinclair, Wyatt Smith, The Snogs, and Rip Florence. It's a scene I like a lot and I found them because they often played SubRosa Community Space, which needs our support to stay open for this all ages creative community: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/rent-for-the-hub-for-sustainable-living
Other good things you can support right now:
- Help legendary punk promoter "Depth Charge" Scott beat cancer: https://www.gofundme.com/f/d9sgb-help-scott-fight-cancer?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&a...
- Bay Area Healthcare Worker Support Fund: https://bahwsf.org/
- Rogers & Rosewater, bringing hot meals to people in the streets of Oakland every Wednesday night: http://www.paypal.me/rogersandrosewater
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Playlist
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Goner (Live) by Practicing Sincerity on Live at Outer Space -
I Think I Like It by Practicing Sincerity (self released) -
Rotten Fruit by BB Sinclair on April (self released) -
Maple by Wyatt Smith on Maple (Open Door) -
Charmless by The Snogs on Charmless (Discontinuous Innovations Inc) -
Flower Pressings Pt. 2 (demo) by Rip Florence & Friends on @ the Hospital of Rest & Dreams -
Psychic War by Inverts on Invisible Wounds -
Danger (Sonata) by Small Crimes on Dim Returns -
Wish by Boy Scouts -
Never Forget by Black Thumb -
Lock n' Chain by Shriekker on Basement Tape -
Hear Me Out by R.E. Seraphin on Tiny Shapes (Paisley Shirt Records) -
Body Talk by Zelma Stone on Dreamland -
Ghost by Rosie Plaza on Off/On -
Open Road by Pumpkin on Little EP -
Heaven's Blade by Toner on Silk Road (Smoking Room) -
Through by Cold Beat on Mother (DFA) -
Sitting with Thoughts by Salami Rose Joe Louis on Zdenka 2080 (Brainfeeder) -
Pilot Light by Sour Widows on Sour Widows -
Body by Trash Vampires on Yardwaste -
Race to the Bottom by The Leave Me Alones on Race to the Bottom EP -
Hold Still by Ötzi on Storm (Artoffact) -
Abundance of Pleasure by Mint on Mentha (Slang Church) -
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd) by Turner Capehart on Early Music -
Home by New Spell -
Tennessee by Time Fraud on Cry Me a Highway -
Cat's Pea Soup by Naked Roommate on Naked Roommate -
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by New Circle on West Coast '19 -
Love by Blue Ocean on Hot Sick Vile And Fun - New Sounds From San Francisco (Rocks In Your Head) -
Ortega by Pllush on Stranger to the Pain (Father/Daughter Records) -
PO Box by Preening on Greasetrap Frisbee -
Pink Keys by Irma on ROOM34 -
Bury featuring Quelle Chris by Yung Akó on MASARAP -
We Belong by Odd Hope on Odd Hope -
Say Yeah by Younger Lovers on Sugar in My Pocket -
Call of the Void by Adrenochrome on Buzz or Howl Sessions -
Elbowed by Peony Rad on Peony Rad (Coppermouth) -
Maldoror by Andy Human & the Reptoids on Psychic Sidekick (Total Punk) -
Free the Floor by POW! on Shift (Castle Face) -
All in Vain by Jacob Aranda on Great Highway -
My Body Valentine by Harvey Forgets on Softies Only