AJJ, Greet Death

Thursday, October 8 AJJ w/ Greet Death at Grog ShopDoors 7 PM | Show 8 PMALL AGES$27.50 advance / $30 day of show+ $3 at the door if under 21Ever since Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty formed AJJ back in 2004, its felt like the world has been playing catch-up. Thats because the bandcompleted these days by guitarist/keyboard player Preston Bryant, cellist Mark Glick and (relatively) new drummer Kevin Higuchihas always woven apocalyptic themes and imagery into many of its songs and lyrics. They even self-released a record called Good Luck Everybody in January 2020, as if they knew what was coming. Now though, in 2023, with their eighth studio record and debut on Hopeless Records, Disposable Everything, it feels like the world is finally aligned with AJJs doom-laden prophecies albeit one that still shimmers with hope.For singer Sean Bonnette, the record is less a prophesizing mirror held to a burning world than one inspired by personal grief. In fact, for him, this record is about what happens after the collapseon both an intimately personal level and a much broader scale. A large part of Disposable Everything is the terrible thing Ive been imagining finally happened, he explains. A big theme is my moms death, which is something I think everyone lives in terror of. But once it happens and youre still alive, you figure out how to move on. It is, in some weird way, our happiest record.

+ $3 AT DOOR IF UNDER 21

Community event in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, OH 44106.

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