Blake Schwarzenbach's "pretty awesome" new band plays surprise show
UPDATED at 11:20 P.M. EST
Blake Schwarzenbach, famed former frontman for the hugely influential Jawbreaker and Jets To Brazil and currently an English professor at Hunter College in New York, recently played a surprise show with his new band according to music blog Cigarbox Guitars.
The show took place Sunday night at the Jerk House with punk acts Underground Railroad To Candyland and Shellshag, presumably somewhere in Brooklyn.
"I didn’t actually see the set," said blog poster Green Hornet, "[and] I can’t really say much about the sound, but I heard from everyone that they were pretty awesome. Not terribly shocking."
No word on the band’s name or any recordings, but this first reported appearance proves the gears are turning on Schwarzenbach’s newest project — his first since Jets To Brazil’s 2003 breakup. It was originally announced in a collaborative Jawbreaker MySpace bulletin last month.
If any other information becomes available, we’ll be sure to let you know.
Contributed by Derek Meier
UPDATE: The inquisitive community at Punknews.org has investigated and determined that the new band is reportedly called the Thorns Of Life, is a three-piece and includes fellow East Bay notable Aaron Cometbus (Crimpshrine, Pinhead Gunpowder, Cometbus punk zine).
