For the number of times I have watched Verity Den live in 2025, I haven’t taken a lot of video footage of them. Then again, that goes for most live music I see. I got to shows to see bands play live and snap of few shots on whatever film camera I’ve taken along, not really to “watch” the majority of a set through my phone screen. I usually just go for capturing a minute here or there of what’s happening up on stage for something to show friends who weren’t there or to throw up on social media.
Whenever I catch Verity Den, I especially get caught up in the swirling sounds they make, enjoying the psychedelic storm of soft snowfall and glittery solar flares than I am thinking of pushing play on a camera app. This is exactly what happened on August 23, 2025 when the Carrboro, NC based combo played the benefit show for the Spider Bags Dan McGee. There were long moments during their set when I was in a trance and would just snap out of it for a minute or so to snap the shutter on the Praktica LTL (one of my old faithful pieces of gear I have talked about many times before at this point on Clangoring) that was hanging from my shoulder. Here are some of those.
The film used was Lomography Color Negative 800, which is believed to be a repackaging of the 800 ISO film Kodak makes for their one-time use Funsaver cameras.
I may end up seeing Verity Den again tonight at the Cave in Chapel Hill but that depends on how much my workday takes out of me today and/or whether that winter weather advisory we’ve been told to watch actually happens. Sure, there will be times ahead when I can see them again but each time just seems so magical, ya know?
