Name: Bad Luck, Dollar Signs, Taking Meds at Comet Ping Pong
Start: 2022-05-15T21:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-05-16T00:00:00-04:00
Location: Comet Ping Pong

Bad Luck, Dollar Signs, Taking Meds at Comet Ping Pong

Rediscover Fire Booking

Comet Ping Pong

Bad Luck

Dollar Signs

Taking Meds

Sunday, May 15th 2022Bad Luck + Dollar Signs + Taking Meds9pm - $18 - All AgesBAD LUCKBrooklyn, NY<a href="https://badluckdudesny.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://badluckdudesny.bandcamp.com/</a>After spending the better part of a decade honing their craft, Bad Luck. presents the best version of themselves to date with Summer of Pain. The twelve-song collection serves as a bridge between childhood ambition and adult realism by exploring the underlying tension of romanticism in our modern world. It&#x27;s a record about love and sadness that aspires to give listeners a much-needed reality check. Bad Luck. wants to pull you into the present and make you fully aware of your existence. &quot;We want our being, presence, and band to be socially active,&quot; says co-founder Dominick Fox. We want people to know who we are, where we&#x27;re from, and what we stand for, all of which is laid out in this album.&quot; Stories of heartache, growth, setbacks, and personal triumphs comprise much of the material found on Summer of Pain. The members of Bad Luck. — Dominick Fox, Joe Fox, Charlie Caruso, and Michael Sichel — are documenting the journey of life as it unfolds. The songs do not reflect the beginning of an adventure nor fixate on endings. It&#x27;s about the messy parts in the middle. Their music is a form of meditation where the members fiercely focus on the work between them and the people they hope to become. It&#x27;s a document of progress, or lack thereof, told as truthfully as possible. As Summer of Pain grapples with the difficult task of self-analysis, Bad Luck. delivers accessible punk music that pulls from blends of Northeastern cynicism with the pop-influenced optimism.DOLLAR SIGNSCharlotte, NC<a href="https://dollarsigns.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://dollarsigns.bandcamp.com/</a>Dollar Signs is an anxious pop band from North Carolina. Dollar Signs sounds like if every member of the Beach Boys had a Xanax prescription and worked at Best Buy. Dollar Signs looks like a bunch of people who record anime reaction videos for YouTube. Dollar Signs is a Big Dogs shirt come to life. Dollar Signs can poison your stepdad if you want. Dollar Signs is 20% lactose intolerant. Dollar Signs will always be there for you. Dollar Signs then. Dollar Signs now. Dollar Signs forever.TAKING MEDSNew York, NY<a href="https://takingmeds.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://takingmeds.bandcamp.com/</a>Taking Meds are back with Terrible News From Wonderful Men, a 10-song LP that is unequivocally their strongest material to date. Dissonant, soft guitar work reminiscent of the Dismemberment Plan is woven together with massive, Jawbox-esque riffs and bookended by catchy choruses that evoke Archers of Loaf and Superchunk. The band has managed to craft hook-heavy ear worms that still hold fast to the overarching sonic philosophy established on previous efforts. One of Taking Meds’ greatest strengths is musical friction—Their ability to insulate instantly hummable hooks with their signature brand of disjunct, off-kilter energy and atmosphere. As a result, the moments where each element coalesces into straightforward, melodic concord feels incredibly well-earned. There’s an old standby in the alt rock toolkit of juxtaposing quiet against loud for dynamic effect, but Taking Meds instead pits the complex against the accesible, marrying their contrasting sensibilities in a way that creates a captivating push/pull. Taking Meds are not of this era. It’s easy to imagine a world in which they’re co-headlining tours with Chavez in 1996, but the space time continuum dealt them a bad hand. Terrible News will undoubtedly register with younger music fans, but there’s just as much on offer for old school holdouts from the golden era of Merge Records and college radio. Whether you’re booking basement shows or hiding your hairline under a Sub Pop hat, Taking Meds is making music for you.<a href="https://carlycosgrove.bandcamp.com/album/woah-just-take-it-easy-man" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>***COVID PolicyIn order to attend an event at Comet Ping Pong we now require proof of a full COVID-19 vaccination. Patrons who wish to attend an event must show a completed COVID-19 vaccination card. Booster shots will be considered necessary for a completed vaccination card for anyone eligible to receive one. As members of the community it is our responsibility to help minimize the spread and risk of COVID and to protect the safety of our patrons, our performers, and our staff.Accepted forms of proof include1. A physical vaccination card that matches the patron&#x27;s photo ID2. A photo of a vaccination card that matches the patron&#x27;s photo IDIf you have not been vaccinated, you can find a vaccination site here: <a href="https://www.vaccines.gov/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.vaccines.gov/</a>Testing sites can be found here:<a href="https://coronavirus.dc.gov/testing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> https://coronavirus.dc.gov/testing</a>Information on lost vaccination cards can be found here: <a href="https://myirmobile.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://myirmobile.com/</a>For more information on vaccines go here: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html</a><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Due to DC&#x27;s current indoor masking mandate, masks are required within the venue at all times. They may be removed if consuming a beverage. We do have masks available at the front desk.Ticket refunds for shows may be requested for medical reasons and in advance only.This policy is subject to change without notice.

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