Hurt, Under the Flood

Doors open at 8:30 PM, show begins at 9:00 PM.

HURT follows up 2006's "Vol. 1" - and their hits "Rapture" and "Falls Apart" - with the intense and multi-faceted "Vol. II." Singer J. Loren has simple but potent goals for "Vol. II" and HURT: "I want our music to invoke feeling. Period. If listeners feel good, if it compels them to tears... that's our goal." The lead single, "Ten Ton Brick," furthers HURT's signature post-grunge alt-metal sound with a melodic melding of aggression and frustration with soaring harmonies, quieter interludes and intelligent, affecting lyrics. The LA-based quartet have earned raves for their "gothic, confessional, soul-searching" songs and the ebb and flow of "heavy guitars, acoustic strums and symphonic samples, whispered vocals, and guttural screams." And those musical and lyrical qualities are even more intense on "Vol. II."