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NEEDS

Friday, March 20
9:00PM - 9:40PM

Maggie Mae's
323 E 6th St

70345

Listen to We Forgot the Records to Our Record Release Show

For their debut album on File Under: Music, NEEDS crafted a record that's menacing and melodic, intelligent yet terrifying; the group invokes feelings similar to that first time you heard Nation of Ulysses and Big Black, or when you discovered the power of the Wipers. NEEDS call on the mighty lords of DC. They pillage the record bags of Trash Talk and Fucked Up. They kneel before fuzz and distortion, taking the listener on a 10-song journey through suburban doldrums, urban renewal, the idiocy of punk music, a smoke break, decay and despair.

NEEDS bassist Glenn Alderson has a picture hanging on his fridge of vocalist Sean Orr lying shirtless on the floor, screaming into a microphone propped up in shoe. The photo was taken at the explosive final show for Orr’s last band, which Alderson saw as the beginning of his new band. After getting guitarist Derek Adam (You Say Party) on-board, he got Orr back on the mic. Guitarist C...

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