Northvale

Putting together the last few pieces of the puzzle in late 2019, the members of the New Jersey pop-punk/emo quartet – Keith Carroll(Vocals), Mike Piacentini (Guitar), Chris Stroz (Guitar) and Aren Millan (Drums) – better known as Northvale, formed. By taking collective experiences over the past year, the band has crafted an EP that deals with loss, heartbreak and acceptance that easily translates into the ears of all pop-punk listeners.

Composed of music scene veterans – Following the collapse of Keith’s former band, he recruited Sony Music Engineer Mike Piacentini and former guitarist of The Victory, Chris Stroz to begin writing what would eventually become the six-song EP. Northvale’s first single – Sleepwalking – featuring Joey Fleming of In Her Own Words, and their single - High Tide - featuring The Dangerous Summer’s, AJ Perdomo, helped the band hit the scene.

After a few more singles and collaborations with artists like Oliver Baxxter (Broadside), Nick Thompson (Hit The Lights) and Brian Butcher (The Home Team), Northvale is gearing up to release their debut LP produced by Brett Romnes (The Movie Life, Hot Mulligan, Seaway) and Gary Cioni (Crime In Stereo, Lincoln Hotel Etiquette). We tracked the album over the course of the last year and are ready to begin releasing singles, leading up to the album debut.

The First single, upcoming off of the debut LP “Where Do We Go When There’s Nothing Left”, is “Better When I Can”. The song details coming to grips with aging, dealing with your addictions as we get older, and the tendency for them to be more destructive as we age. We teamed up with the band Palettes to bring this first track to life, alongside the video director, Tom Haas.