Texas thrashers Power Trip swung their axes again last night (June 6th) in Pomona, California, marking their first full performance with new vocalist Seth Gilmore (Fugitive, Skourge).
The set at the Glasshouse marked the first of a stretch of shows Power Trip are playing this year, including an additional appearance in L.A. as part of this weekend's inaugural No Values punk fest. While the band did in fact play a five-song "secret" set at Austin, Texas' Mohawk venue last December — marking the group's first public performance since the death of founding vocalist Riley Gale in 2020 — last night's SoCal show stop found PT suffering no fools for a full, 13-song smash-about.
The band naturally drilled into their legendary "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)," but also whipped through faster thrashers like "Hornet's Nest," "Nightmare Logic" and "Firing Squad." Power Trip closed the night by pile-driving out an encore of Manifest Decimation's "The Hammer of Doubt."
The night also featured opening sets from Spy and SpiritWorld, who were also both on-hand to film parts of Power Trip's set. You'll find live clips, the full setlist (via Setlist.fm), and Power Trip's remaining tour dates down below.
Power Trip's plans beyond these shows is as yet unclear, but guitarist Blake Ibanez (who also performs alongside Gilmore in Fugitive) mentioned that PT had banked "a record's worth of music" a couple of years ago.
Power Trip setlist 6/6/24:
Soul Sacrifice
Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)
Firing Squad
Hornet's Nest
Nightmare Logic
Crucifixation
Divine Apprehension
Suffer No Fool
Drown (Intro)
Heretic's Fork
Crossbreaker
Manifest Decimation
The Hammer of Doubt
Power Trip tour dates 2024:
6/9 Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theater *
7/6 Dallas, TX – The Factory #
8/24 New York, NY – Knockdown Center #
* with Soul Search, Mortal Wound
# with Ceremony, Frozen Soul
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— SPY (@SPY_worldwide) June 7, 2024
