the Criticals

The Criticals are a Nashville based rock band formed by Parker Forbes and Cole Shugart. Since officially forming in 2018, The Criticals have proven themselves a powerful and fierce duo — one with both a diverse musical appetite in their songwriting and a whiplash live show that’s drawn sellout crowds in major US markets including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Now, following their highly-regarded EPs — Mimosa Hygiene, Sour Grapes, and Habits to Break — not to mention a steady diet of raucous live shows, the band has released their most accomplished work yet with Front Door Confrontations, The Criticals thrilling new six-track EP, out now on Fantasy Records.