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Captain Vampire, Crow Follow, The VerySquare Root, Roslindale, MASaturday August 6, 2022Words and Photos by Captain Easychord, additional photos by John Keegan where noted
The heat is on! With temperatures soaring towards rarely-seen three digits and sustaining with little precipitation and relief, the ventures into rock shows has become a challenge, even a danger, for many unwilling to bear the sweltering atmosphere and to leave their homes with the ACs blasting. A notable example was the postponement of Red on Red’s Hallapalooza summer outdoor festival in Lexington on July 23, now rescheduled to a hopefully more hospitable clime time on September 10. But, for better or worse, the indoor shows are going on! And last Saturday’s event at the tiny, genteel Square Root bar in Roslindale brought a trio of notable loco rockers to shelter from the swelter.
First off the track was Captain Vampire, a trio lead by Nick “Captain Vampire” Paraggio that kicks his dramatic, punk-meets-emo songs into powerful high energy territory. Their set highlighted their soon to be released EP All Will Be Free, with such rousers as "More Weight", "Turn Back", "White and Gray" and, best of all, "I’m Gonna Kick You Down the Stairs".
Crow Follow followed, and they were also plugging new product - in this case a video drop of their song "Indiana Line". They have been haunting the scene for quite awhile with their dark, mysterious avant-punk droppings and that night in Rozzie they wheeled out their songs "Doom Buggy", "Wrong Devil", "Ride of our Lives", "Iron Bottom Sound" and, of course, "Indiana Line" to a very appreciative, enthusiastic audience! They even brought in Girl with a Hawk guitarist Dan Coughlin for their final number "54". I guess hawks and crows go together!
Last on the bill was the all-female power pop trio The Very. And they were Very awesome! Guitarist/vocalist Julie Kantner, bassist/vocalist Donna Sartanowicz and drummer/singer Leslie Boisett-D’ell’Elce are all rock veterans and their combined experience and talent was very evident as they slayed into their raw but melodic tunes mostly from their recently issued album The Universe of You, which is well worth purchasing on Harriet records. Faves include "There Will Never Be a Better You", "A Little Sugar with Your Arsenic" and "Tiny Scotch". Having combined these Very unlikely substances with surprisingly pleasing results. I proceeded to venture back out into the nighttime pea soup sauna of summer very satisfied with the night’s entertainment. Hopefully the next show I see will accompany a temperature drop!
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