CapCity Presents:
PONS + The Rat Utopia Experiment + Fermented Soul
Wild Child
December 28th, 2025
7:00 PM Doors
7:30 PM Start
All Ages Event
PONS
IF YOU STOP YOU DIE -
Rock n’ Roll will never be a lazy game. PONS is here to set the record straight. Channeling the wild, untamable spirit of the masters of the road that came before them, PONS brings a relentless, “NO MERCY” approach to DIY touring. Burning more calories in one night than most bands do in a year, PONS doesn’t play music—they detonate on stage.
Named “NYC’s Hardest Working Band” in 2022 (and a blistering runner-up in 2023) by Oh My Rockness, PONS has earned their place as one of the most vital and chaotic forces in the NYC underground.
In 2024, PONS evolved into a solo project of visionary frontman Jack Parker, and the transformation is nothing short of a sonic nuclear meltdown. A storm of sound, fury, and passion so fierce, a PONS show can only be described as sublime madness. It’s angular. It’s aggressive. It’s a relentless sonic assault that drags you into the future, kicking and screaming.
Sharing the stage with heavyweights like Gogol Bordello, Lambrini Girls, Geese, Vundabar, and A Place To Bury Strangers, PONS take no prisoners. Leaving behind a trail of smashed gear, contorted bodies, blinding lights, and frenetic, throttling beats, it’s pure glam-rock bravado colliding with punk’s raw edge and electronica’s dystopian pulse.
Taking cues from the anarchic swagger of Iggy Pop, the electronic chaos of Suicide, the slick groove of LCD Soundsystem, and the haunting, glitch-filled world of Crystal Castles, PONS spits the digital bile of our decaying, internet-saturated world straight in your face.
BEAR WITNESS TO PONS.
The Rat Utopia Experiment
the gerbil society trials? ❌ the mouse utopia experience? ❌ the rat utopia experiment? ✅
phia (vocals), francis (bass), maddox (guitar), casey (guitar), and evan (drums). from bellingham to seattle to tacoma to olympia, PNW alternative circus act!!!!!!
inspired by sonic youth, jack off jill, refused, crumb, the strokes, puma blue, metallica, lamb of god, iron maiden, and avenged sevenfold.
T.R.U.E. performed at SoundOff! 2024, the premier 21-and-under music showcase in the Pacific Northwest, has been the KISW 99.9 Loud and Local Band of the Week, received airplay on KEXP AND KISW, and is currently featured in a commercial for Puget Sound Energy. 2025 started with Treefort Fest in Boise, Idaho, in March, followed by the release of their album, "No Hit Wonders". In May 2025, their new single, "Creature Comfort," was released, and in July, the band played the prestigious Pioneer Square Fest!
Fermented Soul
You may also like the following events from CapCity Presents:
- This month, 19th December, 06:30 pm, Seaside Tryst + Fuzzy Math + Aurora Veils at Le Voyeur in Olympia
- Happening on, 15th January, 07:00 pm, William Elliott Whitmore + Briarfinch at Wild Child (Olympia, WA) in Olympia
- Happening on, 16th January, 07:00 pm, Zan Fiskum + Queen of Hearts at Wild Child (Olympia, WA) in Olympia
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