Praise are essentially a hardcore supergroup. Hailing from Baltimore, Maryland and forming in 2009, the band has had members of Turnstile, Angel Du$t, Have Heart, Anxious, Mindset and numerous other east coast hardcore bands who have all been an influence on the scene, or have toured with each other. Praise's current members are Andy Norton (vocals, also in Champion), Anthony Dye and Austin Stemper on guitars, Chris Bavaria on bass and Daniel Fang (also in Turnstile and Angel Du$t) on drums.
The band draws much influence from the emo and melodic hardcore bands of the mid-80s Revolution Summer movement - think of Rites of Spring, Beefeater, Embrace, etc. Their 2nd release, 2016's "Leave it All Behind" serves as an excellent homage to this sound (especially Rites of Spring), while giving it their modern punk spin on it, something they'd further explore within the years to come within all of their projects, and Praise's next album, 2022's "All In A Dream". Personally, if I were to refer anyone to listen to this band (which you should, of course), I'd tell them to listen to Leave It All Behind first, but both releases are fantastic alone too).
To date, the band has 3 studio albums and a handful of singles released, their first 2 full lengths coming out on REACT! Records and the most recent being on Revelation Records. Due to band members being in other big projects currently (Anxious and Turnstile being the main 2), Praise don't get to tour a whole lot, and if they do, they generally tend to stick to the east coast, but they have some big shows planned for this year, including the Gorilla Biscuits show in Baltimore, with Be Well also on the bill.
These guys are incredible, definitely give them a listen if you haven't already, if you love that Dischord Records/Revolution Summer Emo stuff + early alternative punk e.g. Husker Du, from the 1980s. These guys are doing that sound well.
Below are some links that you can use to support the band.
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