(((folkYEAH!))) Presents - Tropical Fuck Storm w/ J.R.C.G.

(((folkYEAH!))) brings Australias own Tropical Fuck Storm on stage with special guest Sub Pop recording artist J.R.C.G.!Monday, February 2, 2026Doors open at 7pm / Performance begins at 8pm$25 in advance / $30 day of the show21+*Tickets available Friday, October 24th at 10am PTAll sales are finalAvoid fraudsters! Buy only from moesalley.com or ticketweb.com====TROPICAL FUCK STORMThe silence was as disturbing as the disease. Cities had gone underground, carrying away some of their most destructive elements. The clean air in major cities reminded everyone of the airborne decay we had grown accustomed to. Trapped indoors, people went mad with boredom, imagining new worldsdystopian ones, small-scale or large-scale apocalypses. Viral social media stories circulated then, mostly fake, about animals reclaiming urban spaces: dolphins returning Venices canals, elephants drunkenly collapsing in abandoned Chinese corn wine distilleries and tea gardens. In those first fearful pandemic days, we wrote ourselves out of existence and imagined what the world would be like without us. We missed the noise; we carried it inside us. We tried to find melody in the madness.Most of us have lived through some inner Tropical Fuck Storm over this past year and a half. Gareth Liddiard, frontman for the Aussie band with a name perfectly suited to the times, felt the malaise like everyone else. Not writing any new songs during the first six months of the global shutdown, he says, Why would I? Everything seemed pointless. Even for a band that made its career crafting songs attuned to political and social crisis, there was a new bleakness in the airwhat the band calls give-a-fuck fatigue. Albums like Laughing Death in Meatspace and Braindrops (Tropical Fuck Storms 2018 and 2019 releases) probed the destructive force of consumerist culture and the imperialistic reach of the United States, as well as threats from a warming planet. The band wedded a brave new worldview to an ever-lively acid punk soundsometimes making you despair while still wanting to dance.J.R.C.G.To experience Justin R. Cruz Gallegos pulverizing Sub Pop debut is to get burned down to ashes and burst forth, born anew. Grim Iconic(Sadistic Mantra), the Tacoma-based artists second album, drives opposing forces together: noisy abstractions and tightly structured beats, anguish and dissolution of the outside world paired with empowerment within, apathy and catharsis. Grim Iconic(Sadistic Mantra) weds scouring electronics to hooky songs and Gallegos powerful drumming in a way that feels visceral and new. It is his most personal statement yetat once playful and intent, driven and combustibletotal fucking chaos mixed with glints of broken-glass beauty.Born in Tucson, Arizona, Gallego experienced culture shock as a child after relocating to the frigid climes of the Pacific Northwest. He found solace in the Seattle punk scene centered around Iron Lung Records and has since remained a fixture in the underground community.