Bad Moves is disbanding after a decade, known for their collaborative power-pop and poignant lyrical themes. They've released three albums and addressed societal issues through their music. Tracks like "Let the Rats Inherit the Earth" reflect a sense of hopelessness. Their farewell will be an event for fans on July 26 at the Black Cat. Newer bands are emerging in D.C., such as Aunt Katrina, which started as a solo project and expanded into a full band with members of established groups, inspired by D.C.'s musical landscape and personal experiences.
Bad Moves emerged about a decade ago with a simple ethos: to make power-pop where singing and songwriting would be as collaborative as possible, finding one voice through the harmonic contributions of its four members.
At its best, Bad Moves' saccharine-sweet pop goodness was the spoonful of sugar used to deliver missives about discontent at the end of the world, elucidating the constant capitalist crisis on 2020's "Untenable" before reaching the apotheosis of apathy on last year's "Wearing Out the Refrain."
While Bad Moves are at the end of their journey, there are - as always - plenty of D.C. bands just starting their own adventure, or marking the passage of time with a record release.
Aunt Katrina began as the solo project of Ryan Walchonski, formerly of buzzy Pittsburgh band Feeble Little Horse, eventually enlisting five friends to form a full band.
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