Bandcamp of the Day: Glow & the Dark
Glow & The Dark is a San Diago based pop-punk band comprised of guitarist and vocalist AJ Peacox, who also plays in the excellent Arizona-based Sundressed, and drummer Jordan Krimston, who also plays with AJ in the enigmatic Weatherbox. On their self-titled EP, Glow & The Dark go all-in on a gambit to capture the bluster of early ’00s pop-punk, of the variety that crossed paths with the ascendant pop emo of the same era more often than it didn’t. Even though their logo looks like it should belong to a black metal band of questionable quality and political tendencies, their music is actually as bright as it comes. Huge glimmering hooks crashing into the pliant and inviting pulse of a soft-hearted beat on which a ballroom of unapologetically earnest lyrical themes waltz t...
