Recess
The band have been playing—and touring—together since childhood and recently picked up Cleveland Music Awards’ Best Alternative Band gong. It’s op rock with a simmering depth as the band nod to alternative and hip hop influences while they tackle growing up, self-doubt, and identity.
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Listen to “Rust”:
Laid Low
Engaging post-hardcore with bursts of collar grabbing guitars that duel seamlessly with melodic rock tones. Angsty and heart-on-sleeve, Laid Low grab your attention with fierce heavy but retain it with infectious, radio-ready choruses.
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Listen to “Degrade”:
Unhealthy While Unhinged
A gripping take on nu metal that bundles influence from a swathe of heavy influences and delivers with a speaker-blasting potency. Despite only two singles to their name, the band are honing a blistering soundscape that imposes a controlled chaos adorned with trap beats and mega breakdowns.
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Listen to “Trump Card”:
For Absent Friends
A smash up of throwback metalcore with the more present-day style of the genre. For Absent Friends bring easy to digest heavy that captures the attention with sharp clean/scream interplay and some skull-crushing drums.
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Listen to “Who’s Laughing Now”:
Oak & Ivy
Emotive heavy that oozes with 00s nostalgia. Accessible and melodic post-hardcore splayed with progressive influence and some razor sharp riffs. The band’s new EP, Starling, dropped this past summer and showcases everything from hooky pop punk to mind-bending time signatures.
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Listen to “Goldenrod”:
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