media release: Badflower isn’t afraid of making anybody uncomfortable. The Los Angeles-bred and Nashville-based quartet— Josh Katz (lead singer, guitarist), Joey Morrow (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alex Espiritu (bass), and Anthony Sonetti (drums)— siphon stress, sleeplessness, sex, sadness, mania, pain, and truth into revelatory alternative anthems. They continue to commit body, blood, mind, and soul to their art. After forming in LA in 2014, they dropped two EPs before sending shockwaves throughout the rock world with their 2019 full-length debut, Ok, I’m Sick, via Big Machine/John Varvatos Records. LoudWire listed it among the “50 Best Rock Albums of 2019,” while singles “The Jester,” “Heroin,” and “Ghost” all vaulted to No. 1 at rock radio. The latter also picked up a Platinum certification from the RIAA and was awarded “Rock Song of the Year” at the iHeartRadio Awards. Along the way, the group garnered further acclaim from Billboard, Nylon, Alternative Press, and performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden. The band is a rare breed of act who can ignite a crowd at Kaboo Del Mar or Sonic Temple, in addition to sharing bills with the likes of Incubus, Cage the Elephant, Ghost, Nothing More, Shinedown, Soundgarden, and many more. Thus far, they’ve also gathered over 200M streams and counting across platforms. Musically, Katz’s quivering confessions seep into climactic distortion and, like any good rush, you need more— consider it delivered with their latest album, This Is How The World Ends. Catch Badflower on tour this fall with Slothrust and Missio supporting on select US dates. For tickets and more information, visit badflowermusic.com.
MISSIO – Matthew Brue (vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer) and David Butler (engineer/multi-instrumentalist/producer) – released their debut album, Loner, in 2017. The genre-bending, eclectically dark Austin duo quickly landed a global radio hit with their first single “Middle Fingers,” making their late-night debut on Conan and reaching #9 on the Billboard Alternative Charts. They have since released three full-length albums, garnering six #1’s on SiriusXM’s Alt-Nation with songs like “I See You,” “Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea,” “Underground” and more. MISSIO has partnered with global commercial brands such as Shiseido, Summer’s Eve and Armani. Topping off an illustrious career, they have over 1 billion global streams and have a R.I.A.A. Gold certified record for “Everybody Gets High.” All of this set the stage for the release of I Am Cinco. This ambitious season of music initially took shape in their headquarters of Austin only to be completed on a creative sojourn to Mexico City. After creating the body of work in multiple countries, 10 different sessions, MISSIO has come alive with these 26 tracks.