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What’s up Sorry State readers? I hope everyone has had a nice week. Last week Scarecrow opened up for TV Smith’s Adverts and it was sick. Both bands absolutely killed it. When he came on stage, he dubbed Scarecrow “the hardest band in the world,” so get that etched in stone. Tuesday May 20th, Ultimate Disaster is playing at Kings alongside Starving Bomb and From Below, so that should be a great show as well. If you’re in Raleigh or any of the surrounding areas definitely check it out. Speaking of shows at Kings, another one happening at the end of the month is what leads me to my pick for this week. I saw a video someone shared on Instagram of this band called TAKAAT playing and it sounded really good, so I clicked on the bands profile and saw they were on tour and were conveniently coming to play at Kings on May 30th. I thought they kinda looked/sounded familiar, and then realized the three of them are actually the rhythm section of Mdou Moctar. Apparently this side project came together while they were on tour and doing sound checks, when they realized they had a shared common interest of cranking the amp up all the way and having that blown out sound. They released this four song 10” and it sounds great; I’ve really been digging it. Definitely some good guitar shredding going down on here. I think they’re sold out of copies on their bandcamp, but we still have some available as I’m writing this. I’m really excited to see them in person too. I think it’ll be a really great show. Hopefully they have the volume cranked up to the max.