It’s the 10 Year Anniversary of SINGLE MOTHERS’ first record, Negative Qualities. GUMM is along for the ride with some “spiky” hardcore punk from Chattanooga, and ALCANTARA rounds out the bill with some post-hardcore/rock.
SINGLE MOTHERS
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Single Mothers was started by poet and ex-gold prospector Drew Thomson in London Ontario Canada around 2008. The band has had a constant revolving door of members and even Thomson has been out of the band at times. At one point, when Thomson was in the Canadian North gold prospecting, there were 2 iterations of Single Mothers going at the same time with totally different members. The band has released 3 albums and a number of EP’s all with different members, but critically acclaimed for Thomson’s lyrical wit and bite. ‘Negative Qualities’ and ‘Through A Wall’ were both nominated for prestigious Juno Awards in their home of Canada. Single Mothers have played all over North America, the UK and Europe with bands like The Bronx, Drug Church, Quicksand, Touche Amore, Title Fight, PUP, Enter Shakari and many many more. Single Mothers are hitting 20222 running with 2 albums on the way through Dine Alone Records and a number of other plans.
GUMM
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“Some things just aren’t meant to be. The world has plenty of heavy hardcore bands, but there’s only one Gumm. The Chattanooga, Tennessee-based band have developed an imaginative and spiky brand of hardcore punk, one that carves up the genre’s base ingredients and neatly re-splices them in their own image. There’s recognizable components—the guitar, bass and drums, Waldon’s shredded vocal style—but the end result is distinctly off-kilter, packed with odd chord changes and unpredictable structures.”
ALCANTARA
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Combining the ferocity of post-hardcore with the introspection of post-rock, Alcantara embraces dissonance and dynamics. At the heart of their sound are Suffridge’s brooding melodies and impassioned lyricism intricately woven with Bliss’ and Blau’s discordant, dueling guitars. Within this sonic landscape, Peterson’s driving bass syncopates with Drummond-Cole’s propulsive rhythms.
