STOMACH BOOK, Girls Rituals, KTRUCK

STOMACH BOOK (Chicago, IL) is the brainchild of songwriter, producer and singer Vivian Weeks which combines lo-fi and punk sensibilities with the maximalism and grandiosity of 2000s guitar-lead pop of My Chemical Romance. Utilizing the methods of modern day production to its fullest extent, instruments span the wide range of baroque keys and harpsichords, DJ scratches and blaring trumpets all wrapped up into a guitar-lead package that is equally able to morph into a catchy pop hook or a screeching noise section. Inspired equally from the bedroom acts of DIY emo (your arms are my cocoon, Weatherday) and japanese pop exemplars like Kenshi Yonezu and Shinsei Kamattechan, melody is warped into static and then cut through again with intense vocals that might be a glittering earworm or blood-curdling call to mosh. There’s only three things that are ever promised when you put on a STOMACH BOOK song, great songwriting, a catchy melody and catharsis at all cost. With support from Girls Rituals. ALWAYS ALL AGES