Holy smokes, what a weekend. Prepare The Ground 2025 in Toronto was fantastic. Everything was worth it just to hang out with Chris from Burning Love and then see their reunion (2nd attempt) and sadly, final show. Chris is the nicest fucking person on the planet, he went out of his way to meet up, show us around a bit, let me in on some Cursed lore, hooked me up with some killer posters, looked out for me with my recording nonsense (always a mess), and in general, just being a kind human. The Burning Love set was GREAT, and huge, almost 50 minutes. Everyone got their money's worth for sure. Hopefully you guys dig this video, it's a good representation of the show, audio was a bitch, has to merge 2 different sources but it all worked out in the end.
Other things of note: Kowloon Walled City played Friday and were amazing, and they did a Shallow North Dakota cover set on Saturday with guest vocalists which was KILLER. If you don't know Shallow North Dakota, you need to. They were a pummeling, abstract sludge punk band from Hamilton, Ontario. Loud as fuck 3-piece featuring the bass player from the last version of Cursed. Their singer died a few years ago from Cancer, I believe. Lets see, Young Widows were great, Kylesa were great, Alaskan reunited and were great, Midwife was great, Atlas Moth, Coliseum, No Man, Morne, Dismal Aura etc etc...I know I'm missing a few. The whole trip was a blast.
