Ball of Wax 62 Songs: COVID​-​19 Performance Duo – “All the Same”

The last track on Ball of Wax 62 (to recap, this volume exclusively features music written in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election) is a blistering piece of sonic catharsis from Rache Riot and Nate Daly, aka COVID-19 Performance Duo. “All the Same” finds Rache and Nate doing exactly what I’ve wanted to do for  – well, really the past four or so years, but particularly the last 9 or so months: Play as loud as possible while shrieking incomprehensibly and giving zero fucks. The result is bracing, invigorating, a manifestation of musical freedom the likes of which we rarely get to enjoy. I think even if sludgy bass/drum riffage and screaming isn’t your bag, “All the Same” should resonate with just about any listener hearing this in December 2020.