Meet Me @ The Altar
Meet Me @ the Altar Virtually Troll Haters in ‘Say It (To My Face)’ Video
Pop-punk trio Meet Me @ The Altar have shared their latest single “Say It (To My Face)” in addition to a Jack Campise-directed video, which finds the band virtually taunting a negative-Nelly Internet troll who lives in a basement. [embedded content][embedded content] The track is the first sampling from the group’s forthcoming debut album, which will be released early next year via Fueled By Ramen. “The song is essentially a diss track to all of our haters,” the band said of the song in a statement. “We all have a love/hate relationship with the internet – it quite literally brought us together, but people also use the internet as a crutch to help mask their insecurities behind a screen and try to project them on us a lot of the time. They never seem to have the guts to actually say it to ...
The 50 Best Rock Bands Right Now
First, let’s take care of the obvious. Despite the still-persistent narrative that such music is “dead,” there are way more than 50 excellent rock bands out there. And there’s no exact science to scooping the cream of the crop. Our list includes arena-packing veterans but also semi-obscure indie acts who’ve barely escaped their basements. There are no hard rules here. Our methodology was simple: ask our writers and staff which rock bands feel worthy of recognition right now. But we did aim for a wide scope — throughout, you’ll find flavors of psych, post-punk, hardcore, metal, even country. If it feels like rock, it’s on the table. Consider SPIN‘s 2021 roundup — just like last year’s — a thermometer, taking the temperature of modern rock in all its various mutations. Altın Gün Ho...
How Radio Disney Shaped Modern Pop-Rock
Of the many guest spots on Willow Smith’s punk album, Lately I Feel Everything, one stands out: Avril Lavigne on “Grow,” which evokes the bold 2000s pop-punk the latter became known for. “I wanted ‘Grow’ to sound like it was on Radio Disney in 2007,” Smith told W Magazine. “So I hit up Avril Lavigne; I wanted that 2007 Avril angst. When I heard what she did with what I sent her, I felt like I was transported back to my tween days, in the car, just screaming, ‘I don’t have to try to make you realize!’” Smith is far from the only artist to embrace rock music on a recent release, or to reference Radio Disney’s brand of pop-rock, which blends clean hooks with heavier elements like distortion. And this crossover between Disney and rock continues to flourish. [embedded content] When this t...
Meet Me @ The Altar Are the Role Models They Always Wanted
From Paramore to Blink-182, it’s no secret that pop punk has long been dominated by white people. But Gen Z newcomers Meet Me @ The Altar want to change that and become the role models they wish they had growing up. “Even when we were 14 years old and the band just started, we were aware of the lack of representation in the scene well before anyone else was just because that’s who we are,” says guitarist-bassist Téa Campbell over Zoom from the band’s shared home in Orlando. “When a white man sees themself on stage, they don’t think about everyone else that’s not seeing themselves on stage, and obviously we did.” Like most people these days, Meet Me @ The Altar, met the only way people meet in the digital age: online. “That’s so Gen Z of us,” lead singer Edith Johnson laughs over Zoom...
Meet Me @ The Altar Release ‘Feel A Thing’ From Upcoming Model Citizen EP
It’s been a busy year for Meet Me @ The Altar, and it’s about to get a whole lot busier. Hot off their recent discussion with All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth, the band just released a brand new single called “Feel A Thing” while also announcing their new EP, Model Citizen, which will be out on August 13 via Fueled By Ramen. And if that wasn’t enough, the act that we declared one of the best rock bands on the planet last year, will also be going on tour with some huge names later this year. Late August and September see them opening on the recently-announced tour co-headlined by The Used and Coheed and Cambria, while October features a week with nothing, nowhere. before they hit the road with their buddy Gaskarth and the rest of All Time Low all the way into November. Check out the new vi...
Artist x Artist: All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth and Meet Me @ the Altar in Conversation
In the latest installment of our Artist x Artist series, we’re bringing together two of the better-known voices in pop-punk. All Time Low’s legacy in the genre is firmly established, and with their years of experience, they’ve started to check out and endorse who’s next. In this case, vocalist/guitarist Alex Gaskarth was an early champion of the outstanding Meet Me @ the Altar, who have proved their prowess with killer songs and a live show that absolutely rips. Gaskarth was an early champion of the band and even encouraged Fueled by Ramen to sign the band, which they wisely did. In their conversation, Gaskarth and Meet Me @ the Altar chat about the recent resurgence of pop-punk, staying creative during quarantine, and reaching new career highs during these strange times. Meet Me @ the Alt...
