Gig Recap 现场回顾: Riot in School 返校日 (Gebi Bar 隔壁, Yiwu 2022.7.15)

Escaped the soul-crushing confines of Shanghai once again last weekend and headed back to Yiwu - home to perhaps China’s most badass and comforting livehouse Gebi. An old Daoist Temple long abandoned on the edge of a mountain and turned into a bar and music venue, Gebi is pretty much a nomad’s paradise - a place that feels cut off from the rest of the city that sports some seriously good vibes (and plenty of hidden tuck-away swimming spots and dam-level makeshift bars). 

Besides just being in Gebi Bar’s presence, I came to Yiwu to check out a band that's been making lots of noise over the past two years - Chengdu’s Riot in School. 

Grungy alt rock with grit under its fingernails and a pent-up youthful ferocity that’s impossible to annoy, the band is a glorious riotous throwback to 90s era Seattle yet with a soft pop center that almost blindsides you. Showcasing their debut Ceremony for Corruption, the band let in rip for well over an hour - with bleeding distortions acting as song transitions, a wall of fuzz coating its melodic drive, and a trio of dead bouquets lining their mics and amps. The trio may be fresh out of university but they pack a punch - and will be a band I can only imagine will get better with age.

Till then - a toast to our collective adolescent meltdown.

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