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Pig Pen

The plan was to start a band that was all longtime friends. The idea was to embrace the scene they grew up in. The result is Pig Pen.

The band is made up of vocalist Matty Matheson (chef, restaurateur, and actor from FX’s The Bear), guitarists Wade MacNeil (Alexisonfire, Dooms Children) and Daniel Romano, drummer Ian Romano (Daniel Romano’s Outfit), and bassist Tommy Major (Daniel Romano’s Outfit, Young Guv). The music is tough, harsh, intense, noisy, soulful - a blitz of pure hardcore energy. After warming up with a frenzied, sold out show at Toronto venue Sneaky Dee’s in late April, Pig Pen now announce their recorded debut. Mental Madness will release on June 27th through pivotal hardcore label Flatspot Records, a home for many breakthrough acts including Speed, Scowl, and End It. The first song arrives in “Mental Mentality,” highlighted by stomping rhythms, breakneck riffs, and a raged vocals.…

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Idle Heirs Relapse Records
mewithoutYou Run for Cover
Guerilla Toss Sub Pop Listen to "Plants"
Dan Andriano
youbet Hardly Art Records Listen to "Carsick"
Riki Dais Records
Ekko Astral
El Perro Del Mar City Slang
Will Sprott
True Widow Relapse Records Listen to "Entheogen"
Donna Missal
Dogs On Acid Lauren Records
Home Front La Vida Es Un Mus Discos
shame Dead Oceans
Chastity Belt Suicide Squeeze Listen to "Time To Go Home"
Operelly deadAir Records
Vegyn PLZ Make It Ruins
Golden Apples
Naima Bock Sub Pop Records
Julia Shapiro Suicide Squeeze

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