The Sugar Hold (w/ Haunted Cat, Ferriday)

Lark Hall Presents surf punk band The Sugar Hold, from Schenectady. Doors 8pm; Show 9pm.

About the bands:

“The world can be dark and depressing. We’re just here to forget about that and party,” says Mikey Baish of The Sugar Hold. And, that’s exactly what the band sets out to do – and does it well – every time they perform (Lucas Garrett, Nippertown, 2022). Hailing from Albany, The Sugar Hold consists of Mikey Baish on guitar and vocals, Dan Clark on lead guitar, Matt Malone on bass and vocals, and John Olander on drums. A band labeled as “surf-punk,” they weave creative influences from bands such as The Pixies, and the Beach Boys, with classic sounds from artists such as Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. Regrettably, founding member, Judson Rudgers’ life came to an unfortunate end in 2021. Nevertheless, with new songs being written, and with an ever-forward outlook on life, the remaining members are continuing to promote the good times and feelings that make their music so enjoyable. The party’s just beginning.

Haunted Cat is a glam, post-post-times-post-squared-post-punk band from Albany. The band’s sound has been compared to a nuclear meltdown played in reverse and recalls the bucolic idyll of glitter spat from the maw of a sow.

Ferriday started practicing and writing songs in the spring of 2013. The band is made up of two sets of brothers who have been friends since high school. We all moved away from the area for a time, then found ourselves back in the Capital Region and decided to play music together. In early 2015 we released our first album Under the Western Sky, followed by All Roads in 2016. Our newest record is called Everywhere You Go. Friedman Management, LLC describes Ferriday’s musical style as “a mix of everything from Neil Young to Minutemen to Weezer to Golden Earring.”