POOL KIDS

Pool Kids first started playing on Tallahassee’s house show circuit. The band earned a fan inParamore’s Hayley Williams with their debut album, 2018’s Music to Practice Safe Sex To. Afterthey filled out to a four-piece — Andy Anaya on guitar, Nicolette Alvarez on bass, Caden Clintonon drums, and Christine Goodwyne on guitar and vocals — their 2022 self-titled record nettedcritical acclaim with its lush, high-contrast mixture of pop, emo, and math rock. They’ve sharedstages with The Mountain Goats, PUP, Beach Bunny, and La Dispute. They hold fast to theirDIY principles: Anyone can do what Pool Kids do. Anyone can start a band.

GEORDIE GREEP (UK)

“Music can be so much more than learning to play the same as everybody else. It can be anything you want. With recording The New Sound, it was the first time I have had no one to answer to. Being in a band (black midi), we often have this ‘we can do everything’ feeling, but you are also kind of limited in that approach, and sometimes it’s good to do something else, to let go of things.”Geordie’s debut solo album boasts a brand of high quality, all-embracing alternative pop fun not heard in a very long time, walking the line between the ridiculous and brilliant with a teflon-coated aplomb.