After a full day of rain in Houston, the last place you’d expect to be packed was House of Blues. But it was…nearly sold out, loud, and already moving before anything even started. Currents, ERRA, and Caskets pulled a crowd that didn’t care about the weather, and the fact that it landed on a Saturday only made it worse. People weren’t holding back…they showed up ready to lose their souls in the music. I walked in with all my best friends, already buzzing before the first note hit, and you could feel it in the room…that this wasn’t going to be a chill night. Every single human that stood in that venue was ready to unleash, and thats exactly what we did.
Caskets kicked the night off right when I got there. Their sound hit differently…one of those sets where you don’t really know what to expect and then it instantly just pulls you in. The stage was washed in red and orange lighting, setting the mood immediately, and within minutes crowd surfers were coming from every direction. They ran through tracks like “Lost in the Violence,” “Hate Me,” and my personal favorite “Lost in Echoes,” before closing out with “Glass Heart.” Even with a short set, it was still a blast and got the energy exactly where it needed to be for the rest of the night.
Next up was ERRA, and holy hell…this was the set I didn’t see coming. I’ll admit it…I had never really listened to them before, which honestly feels criminal now. Their sound hit hard but stayed insanely clean at the same time, blending raging riffs with raw moments that still carried a ton of emotion. The whole set was just pure intensity…rage, energy, and nonstop movement which went by way too fast… Frontman Jesse Cash knew exactly how to pull the crowd in, super charismatic in a way that kept you locked on him the entire time. They ran through tracks like “Crawl Backwards Out of Heaven,” “Drift,” and “Cure,” before closing out with “Snowblood.” And at one point, he grabbed a pair of light-up bunny ears from someone in the front row and just wore them on stage like it was nothing…completely random and hilarious, and somehow it still fit the chaos of their set perfectly. They definitely gained a new fan that night!
Last up was Currents, the main act of the night, and by this point the crowd was already fully gone…in the best way. A little drunker, a little bolder, people getting pushy, but the second they walked on stage, everyone was on their feet. Instantly. The entire room flipped into one voice, screaming every word back at them. Their sound was just unreal…dark, heavy, and layered in a way that felt almost overwhelming at times, but in the best possible way. It hit hard and stayed there. The lighting and visuals behind them only made it more intense…flashes, shadows, and imagery that made the whole set feel bigger than the room itself. I kept looking back at the crowd and it was the same thing everywhere…people screaming, crowd surfing, losing it, just fully in the moment together. All while a full-on thunderstorm was going off outside. They ran through songs like “Unfamiliar,” “The Death We Seek,” and “Better Days,” packing a solid setlist into their time and not wasting a second of it. It truly was the perfect kind of chaos for a rainy Saturday night…loud, intense, and exactly what everyone there needed.
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