Mitten Fest After Party: Honey Creek • Barely Civil • Excuse Me Who Are You? • Brave You • The Unitaskers • DJ Set By Tyler Maas (Milwaukee Record)
Sat 02/04/23
7:30PM
All Ages
music
$12 ADV // $15 DOS
Show Lineup
Honey Creek
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Alt-Pop, Pop Punk
Honey Creek was an Alt-Pop/Pop Punk band from Milwaukee, WI. The band at one point lived together in a house on Holton where the kitchen sink didn’t work. The landlord is now renovating that house and turning it into an Airbnb. Honey Creek’s median age is currently 26.8 and at one point they aspired to take over the world but now they are dead.
Barely Civil
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Emo, Indie Rock
I’ll Figure This Out, Barely Civil’s sophomore full-length, offers temporary solutions to this existential concern. With Chris Teti (TWIABP, Fiddlehead) joining as producer, the band’s massive live energy translates into concise, yet expansive arrangements. “Box for My Organs” slams sonic triumph against plainspoken self-doubt. Grief and guilt are on the same plane in “Bottom of the Lake,” while the band contemplates the sustainability of burning their twenties at both ends on “The Worst Part of December.”
“I feel like our music revolves around the process of analyzing who we are and where we come from,” Erickson explains. “Possibly, even, where we belong.” I’ll Figure This Out attempts to answer those questions while turning completely inward. It’s a darker chapter in a constantly evolving discography. The only way out, it seems, is through.
Brave You
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Punk
Milwaukee synth punkers. SAD SONGS// BIG HOOKS.
Actively releasing music and touring the US in the mid-2010s, Brave You hibernated for some time before returning in 2022 with a full length, LIFER. After another much needed nap, they’re back with a new EP, “HYENAS”, and plans to hit the ground running in 2026.
The Unitaskers
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Indie Rock
Self-described as “terminally online,” indie rock outfit The Unitaskers pull from a pantheon of influences across eras and genres to develop their own fuzzed-out and noisy sound. While their debut EP, “The Last Pillar of Light”, saw the band experimenting and exploring the corners of their sonic palette while musing on the apocalyptica of modernity, their upcoming full-length aims to be more energetic and personal than ever, full of songs about breakups, self-exploration, and coming into adulthood in the city of Milwaukee.