The video for Drain’s “California Cursed,” out on an album by the same name today via Revelation Records, is classic, California-style hardcore punk.
As the new blood of Santa Cruz hardcore punk, Drain have a fiery, metal-tinged, thrashing, hardcore sound that is best experienced in the live setting. Their shows are a sight to behold, as over a thousand slammers realized during their set at Sound and Fury 2019, when stage dives and hard mosh met pool party for a memorable, face-melting set.
They appeared at This Is Hardcore 2019, and are true warriors of the road, recently touring with Judiciary, Gulch, Hands of God, and Higher Power. C
Recently, Drain were in the studio with producer/engineer Taylor Young (Twitching Tongues, Nails, Code Orange), to make their debut release entitled California Cursed. Ciaramitaro explains, “With writing California Cursed, we kept it very organic and just got into a room together and tossed ideas around until we had songs that we felt were catchy, full of big riffs, and had no filler.
“The music video embodies everything that Drain is about,” he continued regarding the video. “We encourage everyone to feel free and to do whatever they want/be whoever they really are when they see us.”
