Furnace Fest (Kinda) Releases Full Lineup For 2022

It’s finally here! Kinda.

Furnace Fest 2022 is already looking out to be the festival of the year. So far, Counterparts, The Ghost Inside, Bleeding Through, a recently reunited Elliott, and New Found Glory were some of the many bands announced. But on Friday, the Alabamian music festival kicked it up a notch by unveiling 99% of their full lineup (minus one secret headliner). Check out the roster below.

The newest acts announced for Furnace Fest 2022 include Mastodon, Hidden In Plain View, Belmont, Four Year Strong, Thrice, Manchester Orchestra, Close Your Eyes, Doll Skin, Midtown, and Sick Of It All, just to name few.

Tickets are still available at www.furnacefest.us.

Furnace Fest was held from 2000 until 2003, eventually going on hiatus until 2021. Last year’s festival featured Every Time I Die, Across Five Aprils, Underoath, Fit For A King, Turnstile, As Cities Burn, Mayday Parade, Walls Of Jericho, Glassjaw, and Motionless In White.

Prenatt’s Picks: 100 Artists To Check Out In 2020 (Part 6)

Only four more left.

Here at Punk Goes Prenatt, for the next 10 weeks, I’ll give you 100 artists that you need to tune your attention to throughout 2020. This list will feature numerous acts from numerous genres.

This is part six of ten. If you didn’t read the previous list, click here.

Destroy Boys

Hometown: Sacramento, CA

Out Now: Fences – Single (Uncool)

For Fans Of: FIDLAR, Skating Polly, Tacocat

If Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is a huge fan of your work, then you’re doing everything right. Sacramento punk rockers Destroy Boys are carrying the riot girl banner that was raised back in the 90’s from bands like L7 and Bikini Kill. Influenced by everyone from Operation Ivy to Lady Gaga, the trio write “Tales of misanthropic school days, elitist parties and drunken frat boy shaming barely scratch the surface of the vision into their world.” The trio are signed to Uncool Records, the label created by the band SWMRS, and have done shows with Hobo Johnson & The LoveMakers, The Garden, and PUP. They’ll appearing on this year’s Sad Summer Fest alongside All Time Low, Movements, and The Story So Far.

Song to Listen to: “Fences”

Go For Gold

Hometown: Conway, AR

Out Now: Let Me Go – Single (InVogue)

For Fans Of: In Her Own Words, Like Pacific, Seaway

Who knew that Arkansas could give us something so good? Hailing from Conway, Go For Gold deliver you that classic early 2010’s pop-punk vibe that Warped Tour craved. Amy Albinson from Discovered Magazine said about the band, “Reminiscent of teenage years with a stream of consciousness lyrical style, their energy is infectious as they remain relentlessly hopeful, suggesting that maybe you can just dance all over your problems.” Last year they signed with InVogue Records (Assuming We Survive, Heart To Heart, Secret Eyes) and will drop their new EP Color Me on May 15.

Song to Listen to: “Let Me Go”

Sadfields

Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico

Out Now: Sofocar – Single (Buen Dia)

For Fans Of: A Place To Bury Strangers, Ceremony, Ringo Deathstarr

Sadfields might be making noise in their city of Mexico City and beyond, but in the U.S., we aren’t listening. Let me change that. Influenced by Pornography-era The Cure and A Place To Bury Strangers (who they opened up for once,) alt-noise rock trio Sadgirls have a captivating tone while causing chaos on stage. The three lads — guitarist/vocalist Daniel Espinoza, bassist Miguel Flores and drummer Erick Román — got together in the fall of 2015 and have been rocking out since. Their lyrics are emotionally packed and their noise evokes discordance and beauty. If you like bands such as The Cure and Ride, you’ll love Sadfields.

Song to Listen to: “Sofocar”

Peach Pit

Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Out Now: Shampoo Bottles – Single (Columbia)

For Fans Of: Beach Bunny, Declan McKenna, Slaughter Beach, Dog

This isn’t bubblegum pop, it’s chewed bubblegum pop. That’s what indie pop quartet Peach Pit call themselves. The Canadian band formed in 2014 when lead vocalist/guitarist Neil Smith and lead guitarist Chris Vanderkooy, who were friends in high school, decided to work on a musical project together. They then added bassist Peter Wilton and drummer Mikey Pascuzzi shortly afterwards. Peach Pit first got some recognition when their self-titled single went viral in 2016. Since then, they’ve released several singles, one EP, and two full-length records, their newest one You And Your Friends comes out April 16 via Columbia Records (645AR, Blink-182, Foster The People.) Speaking of You And Your Friends, the album was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer John Congleton (Best Coast, Explosions In The Sky, Kimbra.) They’re embarking on a North American tour next month with Sun Seeker and Hailey Blais.

Song to Listen to: “Black Licorice”

Lyon Estates

Hometown: Selby, North Yorkshire, UK

Out Now: Welcome To The Family – EP (Side Mission)

For Fans Of: Man Overboard, The Starting Line, WSTR

Named after the subdivision that Marty McFly lives in in the Back To The Future series, Lyon Estates are a pop-punk band who love pop culture. With songs named after references from The Simpsons and Back To The Future, their loves knows no bounds. “Lyon Estates came together as a bunch of friends who all lived in the same dreary northern town,” bassist Rich Harrison told Discovered Magazine.  “We didn’t really have any sort of plans except to just jam out some songs and play a few hometown shows.” Not only do they love pop culture, they also love charity. In 2018, they raised money for Safe Gigs For Women and Independent Domestic Abuse Services by creating a tee with 100% of the profits split between the both of them. They’ve done shows with This Time Next Year, Calling All Captains, Room 94, Woes, and MxPx. Lyon Estates dropped their new EP Welcome To The Family last October.

Song to Listen to: “Hokitika”

Chamber

Hometown: Nashville, TN

Out Now: Ripping/Pulling/Tearing (Pure Noise)

For Fans Of: Disembodied, Sanction, Zao

Nashville’s Chamber are “one of the most technically pugnacious hardcore bands around.” That’s what Revolver called them. Formed in 2017, the quintet have been hitting hard, even with some roadblocks (the band parted ways with ex-vocalist Sam Fleming who now fronts Incendiary.) They dropped their debut Ripping/Pulling/Tearing last year on Pure Noise Records (The Amity Affliction, First Blood, Reggie And The Full Effect.) Chamber have toured with The Acacia Strain, Counterparts, Gideon, Old Wounds, and Year Of The Knife. If you’re looking for something heavy to get you out of your self-quarantine rut or just need a band that reminds you of Zao, listen to Chamber.

Song to Listen to: “Replacing Every Weakness”

Sleep Token

Hometown: London, UK

Out Now: Sundowning (Spinefarm)

For Fans Of: The Contortionist, Thomas Giles, Hozier

It’s time for worship. Sleep Token are an anonymous band who’s names are not important for us to know of, except vocalist Vessel. His haunting, powerful voice helps spread the band’s message of reintroducing the world to the forgotten god known as “Sleep.” The god is crudely called that because modern tongues cannot pronounce his name. While they’re known in the UK, it’s time for us to be woke to their beauty and message. Worship with us. Later this summer they’ll appear at festivals like Mad Cool, Sunstroke, and Download.

Song to Listen to: “The Offering”

Fate’s Got A Driver

Hometown: Amityville, NY

Out Now: Fate’s Got A Driver – EP (Self-Released)

For Fans Of: Glassjaw, Lifetime, Texas Is The Reason

Does Fate’s Got A Driver’s guitarist look familiar? That’s because it’s Taking Back Sunday’s former guitarist Eddie Reyes. Formed in 2018, FGAD sound like a darker TBS, heading towards a Deftones-ish style. They dropped their self-titled EP last November. Expect more from them later this year.

Song to Listen to: “Pennies”

guardin

Hometown: Hornell, NY

Out Now: creature, Pt. 2 (Photo Finish)

For Fans Of: guccihighwaters, Fats’e, Lil Peep

guardin is the genre-bending emo-rap project hailing from the mind of Western New Yorker Nicholas Kerr. Signed to Photo Finish Records, the label that once housed 3OH!3 and MisterWives, guardin creates music for everyone. He’s already gained success with touring with gnash and Mallrat and having his music appear on Alternative Press. Music was a major part of his life, starting music at an early age, picking up the guitar at 9. He then dabbled with piano and drums, wearing out the heads after owning a kit for two years. At 12, he began writing songs with his acoustic guitar, and it all spiraled right there. “I usually record a handful of freestyled melodies over a beat to figure out a base structure, and use that to help me craft sort of a walking stick for my writing,” guardin said in a press release. “I’ll usually write a hook and a verse, and then come back to it later once my mind is in a new place so my verses feel welldifferentiated. From there, I add in separate layers such as ad libs or backing vocals to really fill it out and bring the track to life.” He’s doing a show with guccihighwaters in May.

Song to Listen to: “i think you’re really cool”

Stepson

Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Out Now: Run – Single (SharpTone)

For Fans Of: Counterparts, Stick To Your Guns, early Trophy Eyes

Freshly signed to SharpTone Records (Broadside, Holding Absence, Miss May I) are these Aussies who pack quite a punch. Stepson began all the way back in 2014, showing their country how hard they can really go. Now it’s time for the world to know of Stepson. So far the band have dropped two EPs and several singles, their newest track “Run” came out on March 20. They’ve toured with Polaris, Stray Form The Path, Trash Talk, While She Sleeps, and The Brave. Look out world, here comes your favorite Stepson.

Song to Listen to: “Run”

Come back next week for more artists!

 

Mundy’s Bay Announce Debut Album “Lonesome Valley”

Montréal shoegaze quartet Mundy’s Bay are ready to give you some new tunes.

The band announced earlier today that their debut album Lonesome Valley will be dropping on March 13 via Pure Noise Records (Elder Brother, LURK, Stick To Your Guns.) It is a follow-up to their three-song EP Control Room, which is really good.

They shared the news alongside a music video for the album’s first single “Goodbye,” airing right now on FLOOD Magazine. The song sounds like “an enticing cut of kinetic dream pop that perfectly captures the band’s ability to blend hazy atmospherics with overt hooks,” as stated in a press release.

“[It’s] a song about someone leaving this world but becoming present in ways not physical,” vocalist Esther Mulders told the magazine.

Pre-orders are available now at MerchNow.

Mundy’s Bay will be on the road in March with HUNNY and Bay Faction. Check out the tour dates below.

3/14 Washington, D.C. @ Songbyrd Music House*
3/15 Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Fillmore Philadelphia*
3/17 Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Elsewhere*
3/18 Allston, Mass. @ Great Scott
3/20 Toronto, ON @ Rivoli Pool Hall*
3/21 Columbus, Ohio @ The Basement*
3/22 Chicago, Ill. @ Subterranean*
3/23 Minneapolis, Minn. @ 7th Street Entry*
3/25 Denver, Colo. @ Larimer Lounge*
3/28 Seattle, Wash. @ Chop Suey*
3/29 Portland, Ore. @ Holocene*
3/31 San Francisco, Calif. @ Bottom of The Hill*
4/2 Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Rebel Lounge*
4/5 Austin, Texas @ Stubbs BBQ*
4/6 Dallas, Texas @ Dada Dallas*

* = with HUNNY and Bay Faction

The Warriors Take Us On A Bizarre Adventure Through “Monomyth”

If The Warriors are afraid that people forgot about them, then Monomyth, their first album in nearly a decade, will answer that question. And simply put, the answer is no, they’re not forgotten.

Frontman Marshall Lichtenwaldt said in a press release, “I don’t know if people still remember us. It’s been a long time.” Which is true. The Tehachapi, Calif., hardcore legends haven’t released a record since 2011 when they were with Victory Records. Now with Pure Noise Records, home of heavy hitters like UnityTX, Stick To Your Guns, and Knocked Loose, who were influenced by The Warriors, they are back to show that they aren’t dead and are ready to reclaim what’s theirs.

Monomyth was inspired by the hero’s journey concept that was popularized by Joseph Campbell in his book The Hero With A Thousand Faces. This album features 12 songs that follow the stages the hero takes, much like the 12 stages in the hero’s journey, starting with the Ordinary World (“All Life Is One”) and ending with the Return With The Elixir (“Last S.O.S.”) The Warriors take the listener on this journey, and it’s up to you to figure out if we learn something from this. Fueled by Eastern philosophies and meditative teachings, Monomyth is the most bizarre record from these guys to date. Hell, it might be the weirdest hardcore album to date.

The album begins with “All Life Is One,” a track fueled by militaristic drums and electronic elements that hype you up for the upcoming journey. It sets you up for what you’ll hear throughout Monomyth: hard hitting mid-2000s hardcore mixed with electronic elements. Sometimes it works (“The Painful Truth”) and other times it bombs horribly (“Fountain Of Euth.”) And unlike the concept of ying and yang, it never really seems to find the perfect balance to make both work.

Monomyth has some pretty heavy hitters on the record like “The Painful Truth” which features Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall, “Death Ritual” featuring Xibalba’s Nate Rebolledo, and “Iron Mind.” But it falls flat the most with “Fountain Of Euth,” having The Movielife’s Vinnie Caruana’s vocals pitched over this trap beat for some godawful reason. It doesn’t flow well with the rest of the album and feels like you hit a brick wall. Not everyone can make trap beats work well with hardcore, unless you’re UnityTX, which The Warriors clearly aren’t.

Throughout the 12 tracks on Monomyth, we go through this weird journey which makes you wonder if you ever want to go on it another time. You do get a feel for the emotion and energy the band pump into each song. The messages the band try to push on this record do hit hard, but some of the songs don’t hit as hard as their past material. While I’m glad The Warriors are back, Monomyth feels like a weird misstep. Maybe the next journey won’t be so bumpy.