Hear an Exclusive CRSSD Spring 2025 Set From Poolside

When Poolside stepped onto the Ocean Stage at San Diego’s waterfront CRSSD festival on March 2, it was unlike any show the longstanding SoCal outfit had ever played.

The performance marked Poolside’s first since frontman and co-founder Jeffrey Paradise lost his Altadena home and all of his possessions in the Los Angeles wildfires two months prior.

“On one hand, it felt odd using rental equipment,” Paradise tells Billboard. “A reminder of what I lost. But on the other, I realized how supported we are from it. [My friend] Robb donated his studio space at K St. Creative so we could rehearse, Fender donated some instruments so we could play, Roland donated gear, so many of you donated directly to help get us back on our feet.”

With this equipment, the group whipped up a funky, jazzy and often happily psychedelic late afternoon performance on the dance festival’s biggest stage. The performance included their 2020 Panama collaboration “Can’t Stop Your Lovin’” and their essential 2012 cover of Neil Young‘s “Harvest Moon,” complete with an extended sax solo. Hear the complete show exclusively below.

“San Diego, my hometown — nothing feels better than coming back to where it all began and after losing my home and studio in the L.A. fires,” Paradise continues. “Stepping onto that stage for my first show since meant everything. And to do it [in San Diego], with my band, in America’s finest city, on the waterfront, was the kind of healing I needed.”

These celebratory vibes were a long way from those of early January, when Paradise wrote on Instagram that “Every piece of gear. Every guitar. Every flier I saved. Every record I dug for years and years. It’s all gone in an instant.”

“Some days have been really tough,” Paradise continues of the March set, “but [CRSSD] wasn’t one of the tough ones. I am grateful beyond words for the love, the music and the incredible people who make this journey so special.”