Bands we like — Jade Tourniquet

Photos by Stacie Joy

We saw Jade Tourniquet play live several times this summer... short, high-intensity sets in Tompkins Square Park... a handful of songs with a heavy metal-cum-gutter-punk sound. (Their Instagram describes them as "haze gaze punk rock-n-rollers," which also works.) 

The band members are vocalist-bassist Sasha...

... guitarist Mitch ...

... and drummer Frankie...

The three live in other parts of the city, but they always end up in the East Village. (Mitch has been seen busking outside Search & Destroy on St. Mark's Place.) The three also work shifts at Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A. 

EVG contributor Stacie Joy recently spent some time with the band before a recent show in Tompkins Square Park...

For now, Jade Tourniquet is on a local hiatus, as the members are returning to school in the northeast, so you could catch them in Boston or Providence or somewhere else in the months ahead ...

The band recently spent time recording songs, so there's a new EP in the works (a follow-up to the spring EP Bile Study). There's also a promise of some merch. 

Keep tabs on the band's Instagram account for updates on upcoming shows and all other things Jade Tourniquet. And we look forward to seeing them back here someday soon.