Who’s who:

Nico Jordan - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards and samples

Mike Capritta - bass and keyboards

Kurt Amelang - drums and backing vocals

About the band:

Over the last five years, Severe Severe has undergone a name change and evolved stylistically, but their desire to create first-rate music remains steadfast. Jordan previously played with Amelang in a band called Transcontinental; he and Capritta are cousins.

Artists such as Sonic Youth, Big Black, Joy Division, Slint, The Cure, Can and Blonde Redhead have influenced the Albany trio’s no-frills approach to writing and playing. Fans have compared Severe Severe’s early 1980s post-punk inspired sound to that of Joy Division, early Cure and Fugazi.

The group has received airplay on WEQX and WRPI, and opened for well-known acts including Mike Watt and Manchester Orchestra. Jordan said Severe Severe will likely embark on mini tours of the East Coast and the Midwest this summer.

Recorded in 2007, their first full-length album, “Beyond the Pink,” is currently available online and will officially be released on CD in the next month. Track seven off the album, “The Southern Barrier,” previously appeared on the compilation “Makeshift 4.”

The band has approximately 16 original tunes, and their sets typically last half an hour.

Severe Severe is playing an all ages show at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 at VFW Post 420 in Saratoga Springs with The Bronze Episode, The Exotic Aquatic, Charlie Everywhere, BEWARE! the Other Head of Science, Zahnarzt and Ghoul Poon. Admission is $10.

To check out the band, visit www.myspace.com/severesevere.

Quotable Quotes:

“I couldn’t ask for a better group of people to play music with,” Capritta said. “We live together; we play together; we do everything together.”

“All of us take the band seriously. Ultimately, we would rather be respected in the long run than make a ton of money,” Jordan said.

“It’s a real release for me,” Amelang said of playing in the band. “We’ve known each other so long that we can all really be honest with one another.”

—Mike Ryan