First Posted: 9/2/2014
These Elk Forever
Kingston, Pa.
Sounds like: sad electronic folk
Fun fact: Greg chose the name These Elk Forever after rooting through old notebooks at his parents’ house, and stumbling upon a poem he had written in 1994: “Our love is a beautiful, ferocious love; it is a love that will inevitably destroy us, quickly/mercilessly, and forever, like elk or ice cream.” He doesn’t know what it means, or why he chose ‘elk’ over ‘ice cream’ for his band name.
Find them: theseelkforever.bandcamp.com, Twitter: @theseelkforever
Everything Ever
Staten Island, N.Y. and Haworth, N.J.
Sounds like: fast, energetic, progressive, pop-punk.
Fun fact: Vocalist and guitarist, dNo lives and dies by The Mets. Zach their drummer lives and dies by The Devils. Trotta, their vocalist and bassist, lives and dies by Chipotle.
Find them: everythingever.bandcamp.com, facebook.com/everythingeverband, Twitter: @everythingever_, Instagram: @everythingever, everythingeverband.tumblr.com, youtube.com/everythingeverband
Check Your Morals
Clifton, N.J.
Sounds like: A fusion of alternative and pop punk influenced by Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and Taking Back Sunday. Their sound is upbeat, fun, and catchy; this combination creates their melodic sound.
Fun fact: The band claims that “they will destroy anyone who challenges them at Super Smash Bros.”
Find them: facebook.com/checkyourmorals, reverbnation.com/Checkyourmorals, Instagram: @Checkyourmorals