Avenue C has the lighting set-up of a storage closet. Despite the lack of human feedback, Darling Picassos proved themselves to be passionate musicians.
Bringing to mind the Minutemen and Tar, Kepone are explosive on stage. Even though most of the crowd was new to the material, it came across very well.
Tripe’s vocals are familiar, but clean and solid, not needing any trick effects to fatten out the sound, and the lyrics are intelligent and well-written.