Bad Moves / Theo Grizol (of Nana Grizol)
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 (EDT)
08:00PM - 11:00PM
The Avalon Lounge
29 Church St
Catskill, New York 12414
BAD MOVES
Washington, DC
https://badmoves.bandcamp.com
When people sing together, is it necessarily cathartic? Is catharsis necessarily rejuvenating? And what if the aftermath of catharsis turns out to be the same old frustration? With their third LP, Washington, D.C.’s Bad Moves have expanded their founding artistic identity — a candy-coated guitar-pop shell surrounding a bitter lyrical core — by refracting their ideas through a new set of musical forms that weaponize repetition. On the new Wearing Out the Refrain, Bad Moves propose that the flip side of the delirious harmony of the basement show singalong is the volatile, accusatory antiphony of a community divided by strain, shouting the same desperate hook back and forth at one another.
https://www.instagram.com/badmovesdc
https://twitter.com/badmovesdc
https://www.facebook.com/badmovesdc
Washington, DC
https://badmoves.bandcamp.com
When people sing together, is it necessarily cathartic? Is catharsis necessarily rejuvenating? And what if the aftermath of catharsis turns out to be the same old frustration? With their third LP, Washington, D.C.’s Bad Moves have expanded their founding artistic identity — a candy-coated guitar-pop shell surrounding a bitter lyrical core — by refracting their ideas through a new set of musical forms that weaponize repetition. On the new Wearing Out the Refrain, Bad Moves propose that the flip side of the delirious harmony of the basement show singalong is the volatile, accusatory antiphony of a community divided by strain, shouting the same desperate hook back and forth at one another.
https://www.instagram.com/badmovesdc
https://twitter.com/badmovesdc
https://www.facebook.com/badmovesdc
THEO GRIZOL (OF NANA GRIZOL)
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA
An indie pop band from Athens, Georgia with a unique personality, Nana Grizol marry the cheerfully lackadaisical sound of slacker-informed bands like Pavement with the bent yet engaging psychedelic pop of the Elephant 6 collective, all filtered through the lyrical worldview of vocalist and songwriter Theo Hilton. Incorporating a queer sensibility into his tales of life in the American South, Hilton's songs are deeply personal, alternately playful and introspective in their depiction of joy and outrage, and the use of a large, horn-enhanced ensemble adds to the drama and tonal color of his music.
https://www.instagram.com/nana_grizol
https://www.instagram.com/nana_grizol