Last week at Los Angeles’ Teragram Ballroom, Angelenos got their alternative fix met at Penniback Records’ Summer Mass.
With a headlining set from Siiickbrain, and a lineup featuring the likes of deathbyromy, Kent Osbourne, and Izzy Spears, it was a given that the audience would either get yelled at, or spit on, or both. For anyone who’d bought one of the sold-out tickets that night, they surely welcomed that experience.
Read more: Sarah Pardini’s vibrant photos capture artists with authenticity
But for photographer Sarah Pardini, one set in particular stood out — the sweating and thrashing, fully masked, Squid Pisser — the LA-based hardcore duo comprised of Tommy Meehan (Deaf Club, Cancer Christ) and Starcrawler’s Seth Carolina. She took AP with her following the anarchistic and amphibian-like boys backstage.
Check out Pardini’s photo diary below — and listen to Squid Pisser’s chaotic, unruly, and addictive debut album, My Tadpole Legion, here.
