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Brackish & Friends - L-R: Riley Byrne, Zach Miller, Connor Byrne, Ace Enders, Tim Fitzpatrick & Nick Rosica (CREDIT: Jared C. Wood) Brackish, as described on their own Bandcamp page, make "songs about New Jersey from Philadelphia since 2015." So, it makes perfect sense the Philly-based Punk/Post-hardcore band decided to work with one of New Jersey's finest Punks on their latest pair of tracks. Brackish's Connor Byrne, Tim Fitzpatrick, Zach Miller & Nick Rosica recruited Arthur "Ace" Enders (The Early November, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business) to help produce, record, and mix both "What Makes You Say" and "For Your Own Good." Brackish guitarist and frontman Connor Byrne tells The Witzard: "I wrote this song sometime around 2009-10 back when I was a solo acoustic artist opening shows in Philadelphia. Some friends mentioned after a show, it really stuck out to them as a favorite and so, it's been one of mi...

Stale Flowers by dreamswell dreamswell are a self-proclaimed "Doomgaze" (Doom Metal + Shoegaze) band hailing from Philly. Formed about four years ago, dreamswell consists of Candice Martello, Jon Martello, Gina Piccari & Madalean Gauze , who initially bonded over a shared admiration for seminal Shoegaze bands, such as True Widow & Slowdive. " dreamswell , stemming from the gritty music scene of Philadelphia, is the collaboration of four familiar Philly music scene faces, who have come together to hit hard, get muddy, and whisper lightly," reads a description on their Facebook page. I also, catch sonic allusions to equally "gloomy" bands like Silversun Pickups, Cults, The Smashing Pumpkins, Baroness, The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, and Echo & The Bunnymen. After having released a 2-act EP series throughout 2017-18, dreamswell have returned with the first single from their debut full-length, SPOILED . "Stale Flowers" defi...

Worlds by Brackish Brackish is an unabashedly Punk/Hardcore band originally hailing from Trenton, NJ and currently based out of Philly . Championed by Darko The Super , Lt. Headtrip, Ray Strife , and my older cousin Josh , Brackish make a nostalgic, yet extremely modern brand of early 2000's-reminiscent Screamo/Emo & Pop-Punk . If you are/were ever a fan of Bayside , Dashboard Confessional, Take This to Your Grave -era Fall Out Boy , Glassjaw, Jimmy Eat World , Midtown, Saves The Day , Senses Fail, Sunny Day Real Estate , Taking Back Sunday, Thursday , or The Used, I would strongly suggest checking out Brackish . The Witzard , as you may well remember, previously featured Brackish 's 2017 Black Numbers EP and 7-inch, Coming Down . Today, they're back with yet another EP on Black Numbers (their third overall) simply titled Worlds ; once again, produced by The Menzingers' Andy Clarke & Tom May at Retro City Studios in Philly with drums recorded by Sean ...