The sound indeed surged. So, too, did the love for community and culture.

Friends and fans of the alternative hip-hop group known as the Chris Rockwell Collective and Soup Can magazine gathered inside Joe Pop’s Shore Bar in Ship Bottom Sunday evening for a mutual aid concert called SoundSurge, in support of an album release, a record label launch, and a donation drive for Bright Harbor Healthcare’s Street Outreach Services and its food pantry/kitchen, The Nook.