Kong Moon LP Release Show w/ New Norde & The Scraps – Portsmouth, NH

Kong Moon LP Release Show w/ New Norde & The Scraps – Portsmouth, NH

Don’t miss this upcoming event in Portsmouth, NH. Happening on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at The Press Room – Upstairs. Doors open at 7:00 PM.

One of the best bands on the seacoast celebrates some fresh wax & Shaun Sullivan’s rowdy, hell-raising Scraps opens.

Kong Moon LP Release Show w/ New Norde & The Scraps

Wed 1/22

6pm doors/7pm show

All Ages | $12 adv./$15 day of

“At its core, Kong Moon plays full-on rock and roll, but, there’s so much more. It’s steeped in the ’90s, touching on influences from late ’80s/early ’90s Sonic Youth, R.E.M., Quicksand, the fantastic jangles of Built to Spill, and, well, other things. But, at the core, Kong Moon, is Kong Moon – as vast as a giant skyscraper traversing gorilla, and as ethereal and essential as a full curiously glowing moon.” -Chris Hislop/Seacoastonline

The members of New Norde used to make relatively shiny pop songs as 2000s New Hampshire seacoast stalwarts, The Minus Scale. This new project is a power-pop trio who shamelessly wear influences like Matthew Sweet, Nada Surf, Teenage Fanclub, and Guided by Voices on its collective sleeve.

Forming in the fall of 2019, the band spent 18 months remotely wood-shedding dozens of songs. On April 15th, 2022, New Norde released their debut EP, Whatever’s Clever (Trash Casual / Mint 400); a selection of carefully crafted power-pop songs about growing up, getting out, taking a damn minute, and cake.

The Scraps are three best friends that piece together an interesting book – a raw, honest, and powerful blend of electric, hypnotic blues and fresh, gritty folk. Turn to one page and you find them harnessing the old time blues of Furry Lewis, while on the next they’re picking up the raw blues rock that the Black Keys left behind. Flip it again, and now they’re studying Levon and The Band, and moving forward with lessons from Chadwick Stokes. Pieces of J Roddy Walston and the Business influence the energy and fun, where The Districts inform their indie edge. Across it all, The Scraps have one overarching theme and that’s passion. Music played within an inch of it’s life, and creating something that can’t be explained any other way. You get it or you don’t. But they sure hope you do.

Purchase Kong Moon LP Release Show w/ New Norde & The Scraps Tickets Below:

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Additional Details

Event ID - 1124736409879

Event Venue - The Press Room - Upstairs

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Event City - Portsmouth

Event State - NH

 

Date And Time

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 @ 07:00 PM (EST)
 

Venue

The Press Room - Upstairs
 

Location

77 Daniel Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801
 

Event Types

Concert or Performance
 

Event Category

New Hampshire

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