Sad Summer Festival has just announced more bands added to the feely line-up. You can see State Champs, Mayday Parade, Mom Jeans, The Maine, and Stand Atlantic on every date of the tour. But like Four Year Strong, Set It Off, Forever the Sickest Kids, and Every Avenue the newly announced groups will be exclusive to select dates. Grayscale, Ashland, Jetty Bones, Shortly, Worriers, World’s Greatest Dad, and Oh Weatherly give you 7 more reasons to get emotional in the summer sun. The tour takes off from Dallas, TX on July 5, 2019, and hits 18 cities around the US.… Read more »
Get ready to ruin your eyeliner with the happiest emo tears possible: Sad Summer Festival has just announced its inaugural lineup!
Win 2 Tickets To When We Were Young Just a week ahead of When We Were Young 2024 kicking off in Las Vegas, NV, The All-American Rejects have announced that they have dropped off of the two-day event. In a statement posted to their social media platforms, the band writes, “It is with deep sadness and disappointment that we have to announce that we will no longer be playing When We WereYoung festival next weekend. We have spent months tirelessly preparing a once in a lifetime show that we were so excited to bring to you. However, there has been… Read more »
After announcing her forthcoming Hereditary Deluxe LP, due out on September 13, Cassadee Pope dropped her new music video for “Bad Decisions.” The visuals come from her recently wrapped Hereditary headline tour. Of the forthcoming deluxe album, Pope says, “I wanted to release a deluxe version of Hereditary because there were other songs I wrote that didn’t make the album but feel important to tell my story. I look at these songs like bonus scenes at the end of movie credits. They help round out the story but give it a place to go.” On September 13, fans can hear… Read more »
After her monumental return to her pop-punk roots with the release of her solo album Hereditary earlier this summer, Cassadee Pope has unleashed the brand new single, “Bad Decisions,” and announced the arrival of a deluxe edition of the album. “I wanted to release a deluxe version of Hereditary because there were other songs I wrote that didn’t make the album but feel important to tell my story,” Pope shares. “I look at these songs like bonus scenes at the end of movie credits. They help round out the story but give it a place to go.” The deluxe album,… Read more »
On July 14, Pop Punk Summer Camp. had its inaugural event in Flagstaff, Arizona. Headliners included Mayday Parade and The Maine, who played their new single “Touch.” It also featured performances from The Wonder Years, The Summer Set, Real Friends, Cassadee Pope, and Daisy Grenade. Of course, with so much talent all in one place, there was bound to be a thrilling crossover that made non-attendees experience major FOMO. During their performance, Brian Logan Dales of The Summer Set invited Pope onstage to perform “Teenagers.” The track comes from their 2022 album Blossom, and was originally performed with Against The Current‘s Chrissy Costanza. Check… Read more »
After nearly a year and a half of buildup, Cassadee Pope is officially back to her roots on her new full-length Hereditary. “This album follows my journey of self discovery so closely that I feel a little nervous to share certain things,” Pope shares in a press release. “But I needed to let it out. Creating this album was like a 2 year therapy session that continues to be there for me even after its completion” “I remember feeling this weight lifted off my shoulders when I stopped letting anger consume me. The resentment was like a blanket I thought… Read more »
The song of the summer just arrived. Daisy Grenade and their new single “Hypocrite” is a pop-rock song that feels straight out of an early aughts coming-of-age comedy movie. “Dumb, dumb, you’re acting stupid/I don’t want, don’t want to do this/Done, done, done with your bullshit/Someone’s gotta tell you, so I guess I’ll do it/H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E/You’re a hypocrite,” the duo sings over punk rock riffs. Check out the punchy track and accompanying soccer-themed music video below. Coming up in July, Daisy Grenade will be heading out on Sad Summer Festival. Scene staples Mayday Parade, The Maine, The Wonder Years, We The Kings, Real Friends, and… Read more »
Following the release of “I Died” on June 5, Cassadee Pope and Daisha McBride officially dropped their spooky music video for the song. Set to appear on Pope‘s forthcoming LP Hereditary, available July 12, the song is a dark rock track about scorched-earth breakups. Pope says, “I knew nobody would be able to execute my idea for this video better than my friend Ed Pryor. We wanted the aesthetic to really lean into the lyric about feeling like someone has made you feel like a ghost by cutting you off.” She continues, “We flipped the lyric on its head and… Read more »
Cassadee Pope is giving us another glimpse into what to expect on her forthcoming record Hereditary, which arrives on July 12. Today, the “Three Of Us” singer shared a dazzling collab with “The Rap Girl” Daisha McBride, “I Died.” In fact, the unique genre collab came from Pope shooting her shot on social media. “I remember DMing Daisha on a whim last year, letting her know I was a fan and would love to write sometime,” she says on Instagram. “Not only did we get a great song together but we both got a new friend in the end.” Read… Read more »
