When the punk genre comes to your mind, four areas come to mind: New York, Boston, and Los Angeles and Canada. Well, Virginia based punk rock band, Almost Gone, is adding a new one to the list.
Artists are constantly growing, evolving, and actually listening to music that’s not in the genre they play in ( I know shocking ). Lead singer and guitarist of Almost Gone, Nick Keller, is also the guitarist for a Virginia based deathcore band Season ; a complete 180 in style but it works.
Earlier this year Nick and their bassist Zack Rhodes sat down on IG Live with me to discuss the punk band they created and how artists thrive on dabbling in different styles to push them creatively.
This creatively shows in their second single release “Parasite”. A gorgeous blend of Ramones punk with a splash of classic rock ’n’ roll and a killer solo make this a pretty good banger. Listen below..