Ex-Double Dagger project Peals plays Fillmore Silver Spring tonight. Check out the track “Tiptoes in the Parlor.”

One of our favorite live acts, Baltimore’s Double Dagger is calling it quits after nine years. We talked with bassist Bruce Willen on the mark they’ve left and the celebratory tone of their final shows.

“This is the opposite of how shows in D.C. used to go for us,” said Double Dagger lead singer Nolen Strals, about three songs into their already-sweaty set at Comet Ping Pong on Friday night. Then, as if to differentiate between the quality of past and present, he added, “thank you.”