Courage Mother

Cuni is an emo band hailing from the genre’s birthplace, Washington, DC. The band started as a solo bedroom indie project with the Saturn EP in 2020. Now, it’s evolved into a four-piece that incorporates the same songwriting and twinkly guitars of Saturn, but cranks the intensity knob until it breaks off entirely. Cuni is louder, faster, and angrier than ever before, mixing elements of midwest emo, post-hardcore, and shoegaze into a live set that’s impossible to stand still to. Cuni consists of Jared Cunanan on vocals and rhythm guitar, Aaron Millison on lead guitar, Danny Parada on bass, and Jian Soriano on drums. Alaska’s Angels is a 3 piece indie rock group based out of middle of nowhere Boyds, MD. Fusing the sounds of 90s rock bands such as Nirvana and The Pixies with the 70s psychedelic jam scene like The Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix. Round all that off with original songwriting they bring you an engaging and energetic live show experience. Come on out and see what they’re all about! Courage Mother is a post-hardcore band from Northern Virginia/Baltimore, the brainchild of songwriter Lily Monico. Following the ending of a previous local project in 2017, Courage Mother was a project that originated from the desire to overcome. Their songs typically are very high in intensity, structurally adventurous, and lyrically address situations of trauma and growth. Career Day, hailing from Queens, NY, is a band that attempts to make emo-punk for the end-times. Drawing on catchy influences like Motion City Soundtrack and the Starting Line, the quartet's songs bring a socio-political lens often absent in the genre, taking on issues of racism, labor solidarity, state violence, and holding your humanity within a cruel culture. With their 2022 album Where We've Always Been and 2024 EP I'll Always Be This, Career Day has brought their message through self-booked tours up and down the East Coast, Midwest, and at their first FEST appearance in Gainesville this past October.