With the fest only a week away, two more acts playing Initial Shock on July 1st are Ontarian noise artists SHAMEFUL and REACHING NEEDLES + BOMBAYPAINCO.
Shameful is a London, Ontario-based noise project formed in 2017. The goal is to create electronic sound that is as dynamic as it is harsh. Most recently, Shameful has had releases on Abhorrent A.D., Absurd Exposition, Industrial Coast, and most recently, an appearance on the four-way split tape released by Table Scraps. This will be Shameful’s first show back since 2018.
Granulated, glitching wall noise malpractice from Ottawa, Reaching Needles is Scott – chief bystander of Public Display of Affliction, the capital city’s best (only?) current noise show curator. For no other reason but to make things harder, R/N makes it’s Montreal debut as a duo with professional tattoo artist Jessica Vivian (Bombaypainco), armed with an amplified tattoo gun. With a general indifference to the pain of her partner, in an environment too loud for safe words, come witness the damage done.