Swim Camp – Pretty Bird
Black Belt Eagle Scout – Indian Never Die
Pedro The Lion – Quietest Friend
Cat Clyde – Anymore
She Keeps Bees – Coyote
Cartwheel – Nothing
Tempertwig – Comfort Blanket
Downhaul – Wires / Enough
Witching Waves – Eye 2 Eye
LISA – Primitive Us
Yamachan – Rose Gold Blue
Spelling Reform – The Second Coming
Faith & Majesty – Summer Fling
Caroline Lazar – Georgia
Jeffrey Silverstein – Easy Rider
Ronnie Rogers – Leaning On
Nanami Ozone – Alone Too
Fresh – Willa
Perfume V – Perfume Homes Movies
Hand Habits – Can’t Calm Down
MUNYA – Benjamin
LUNCH – Forget Everything
Control Top – Chain Reaction
Prudence – Euphoria
Cult Film – Bored to Death
Walking Bicycles – Fat Cat
Lost Dog – DFT
Sharkmuffin – Serpentina
Bandy – Trying to Reach You
Gold Connections – Like a Shadow
AllegrA – Spoon or Fork
Parkway & Columbia – Wondering and Wandering
la loye – to live underwater
Kitchen – Claws
Spectator – Waves
Sailor Boyfriend – The Battle of Sugarhill
Ladada – My Van
The Exbats – 2027
Adir L.C. – Reacting
minihorse – Drink You Dry
Trevor Stott – Halfway in the Night
Tyler Burkhart – Waiting For You
Or Sobre Blau – Mártires

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The band say they aim to “reclaim the sullied name of pop-punk as a genre, & to put a new face to the old male-dominated scene,” something they achieve not just through their music, but also through facilitating others. As the band described in an email, Milestone is “working towards building a studio designed for recording women, trans, and non-binary musicians and their bands, and educating gender-marginalized folks on audio arts.”

The band have recently released a two-song single, and the tracks serve as a great introduction to the energy and inclusive warmth that makes up the LUNCH sound. Opener ‘Forget Everything’ is a runaway pop punk song, slapped drums racing after Milestone’s vocals as they confront the end of a relationship with confidence. This free-flowing energy comes to a halt at times, great shuddering breakdowns of hammered drums and bursts of guitar, periods which make the switch back to breakneck speed all the more thrilling.

Second track ‘Before it Was Over’ is the mellower of the two, the momentum of the first track swapped out for sincere sentiment, a confessional indie pop song that shows that LUNCH are equally comfortable doing heartfelt as they are heart-racing. Despite their differences, both styles show an urgency and desire to communicate, and mark LUNCH as a band to keep an eye on in the coming months and years.

You can get both songs now from the LUNCH Bandcamp page.

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