The Atomic Bomb Audition at Ivy Room

IVY ROOM PRESENTSMONDAY JULY 28TH—The Atomic Bomb AuditionHUMANHEADMACHINEKIT—7:30 pm doors / 8:00 pm showADV TIX AVAILABLE - $12 DOOR—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+The Atomic Bomb Audition—Born out of four friends’ individual experiments with art rock, chamber music, metal, free improvisation and film soundtracks, The Atomic Bomb Audition filters traces of these impulses through doom metal heft and pop-hook sensitivity. The result: apocalyptic love songs for an ever-ending world perpetually reborn. Referencing artists as far flung as The Melvins, The Cure, and Angelo Badalamenti, the band reveals something altogether unique—loud in feeling, heartbreaking in reach, yet always hopeful in spirit...

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IVY ROOM PRESENTSMONDAY JULY 28TH—The Atomic Bomb AuditionHUMANHEADMACHINEKIT—7:30 pm doors / 8:00 pm showADV TIX AVAILABLE - $12 DOOR—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+The Atomic Bomb Audition—Born out of four friends’ individual experiments with art rock, chamber music, metal, free improvisation and film soundtracks, The Atomic Bomb Audition filters traces of these impulses through doom metal heft and pop-hook sensitivity. The result: apocalyptic love songs for an ever-ending world perpetually reborn. Referencing artists as far flung as The Melvins, The Cure, and Angelo Badalamenti, the band reveals something altogether unique—loud in feeling, heartbreaking in reach, yet always hopeful in spirit. This is the sound of our inevitable loss of innocence confronting an equally inevitable regeneration of life.HUMANHEAD—HUMANHEAD is a hardcore band from San Francisco, California formed in 2022 by guitarist/composer Steve Wickwire. They released their debut EP June 2024 on Doom Stew Records."Featuring members from SF bands Brume and Disastroid, HUMANHEAD tightly weaves surprisingly dynamic moments—a pretty voice, grungy alt rock stylings, a guitar riff you could almost call gentle—into the expected hardcore punk palette.MACHINEKIT—MACHINEKIT IS JOHN ROJAS, RYAN JANKE, ALEX GILLEN, JEREMY TRUJEQUE, AND AJ FRUCTUOSO

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