Kevin Bronson on August 20th, 2019

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For many artists (and a few of their faithful), Sunday is unofficially Bloody Mary day at Echo Park Rising. Anything to shake off the cobwebs of a raucous Saturday night, right?

||| Also: See Thursday’s Day 1; Friday’s Day 2; Saturday on the Buzz Bands LA Stage, Saturday from around the festival

While Sunday was lighter on the urgency, it sacrificed nothing for energy. “Yeah dude,” one regular said, “Sunday at EPR is hands down the vibe.” Here are 10 moments to remember from the fourth and final day of Echo Park Rising 2019:

■ Before Ever So Android laid down a heavy set of industrial splendor at the Echo, frontwoman Hope Simpson said: “Can we just leave our phones in our pockets?” Fine idea.

■ Anchored by their new single “Shotgun,” Dancing Tongues took their game to a new level, with frontman Alex Levayan in full vocal throttle, even while drummer Kevin Modry and bassist Luke Hanna were mouthing to each other, “I think I’m gonna throw up.”

■ If you were still hammered from Saturday, maybe Hammered Satin at the Echoplex was the place to be: Goofball ’80s glam jams with very tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

■ Andrea Silva, aka Loyal Lobos, played a solo set at Sticky Rice that was so angelic we don’t see how anyone got out of the room without at least one cavity.

■ The aptly named Melted Bodies dressed as nihilistic Oompa Loompas and unleashed a hybrid sound of Devo and Dead Kennedys.

■ On the Echo patio, Sons of the Southwest dished out roadhouse gems, with frontman Harrison Roberts in a red muumuu and cowboy boots telling stories in true honky-tonk fashion, introducing every song with “This is a true story.”

■ Guy Blakeslee reassembled the Entrance Band for an 8 o’clock appearance at the Echoplex, cutting loose with his uncanny guitar prowess … and also doing battle with a chair for most of the set.

■ Even as filtered through the Semi-Tropic’s pop-up sound system, Fell Runner again showed their sophistication. In June, they released the album “Talking,” and come September they will be doing a residency at the Echo. Set aside a Monday or two for it.

■ His full band would have been welcome somewhere at Echo Park Rising, but teenage singer-songwriter Charlie Hickey’s solo set nonetheless wowed a crowd, many seated cross-legged on the floor, at Pharos Athletic Club.

■ Speaking of youthful, Poppy Jean Crawford graduated from the Echo in 2018 to the Echoplex this year. She never quite looks like she thinks she belongs, but does she ever sound like it, laying down smoldering guitars with the aplomb of somebody who’s been doing it as long as she’s been alive.

Photos by Zane Roessell