Anjie Carpenter is an Alternative Americana singer, song-writer and musician with over forty self-penned songs across a musical span of three decades of writing and performing. Called the "Marlene Dietrich" of Nashville, she is best known for her soaring, angelic vocals and complex and compelling melodies telling authentic relatable stories of life, love and growing.

"Anjie's unique combination of wisdom and innocence creates a wonderful sense of discovery and purpose. Using her natural strengths as a teacher and nurturer, she writes and sings about life's truth and her experiences." Joe Kuhlman, Owner, The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC

"Anjie Carpenter is a talented singer-songwriter with a smooth and warm voice. She touches the audience with the emotion she brings to her songs." John Tosco, Executive Director, Tosco Music Party, Charlotte, NC

"I ardently follow the creation and release of songs by Anjie Carpenter. Her work often has a message in it that hints of an organic spirituality she has found as her own life unfolds. It's not in your face...it's subtle. It's more about noticing and celebrating magic moments in our everyday that are easy to miss if we don't open ourselves up to noticing them." Dianne Porter, Owner of Jammalong, Canberra, Australia

"Anjie Carpenter has taken the wisdom from a successful musical career with ties to Nashville and transformed herself into a wonderfully self-empowered artist unafraid to follow the quiet, still voice that comes from the Great Spirit. She's equally adept at delivering a compelling vocal, accompanying her world-class singing on piano, and writing songs that have great, catchy melodies and clever lyrics with a focus on uplifting the spirit of the listener and employing tasteful and unexpected chord changes along the way to keep it fresh. Over the last few months it's been a real pleasure to help Anjie explore audio and video productions of her songs. To meet her on the creative level has really pushed me to grow as a musician and producer in ways that I feel align me more closely with listening to and creating from the heart, and I feel like that is a hallmark of where her music is coming from, which is an important light in the world." Christopher Henry, the Blue Grass Buddha, https://christopherhenry.net/

Instruments: piano, guitar, harmonium, hang drum

Performance Rights Affiliation: ASCAP

Publishing Company, Anjie's Tunes

Genres: Adult Contemporary, Americana, Folk, Country, Country-rock, Country-folk, Bluegrass, Gospel

Albums: Arise My Love, Old Front Porch, Turn the Quiet Up

Education: BA in Elementary Education, MA in English Language Acquisition from Western Governor's University

Email: anjie@carolina.rr.com

There are two disparate points in spacetime.
Point A is the present moment for us...an awareness of our subjective conscious experience.
Point B is the present moment for you...your subjective experience of listening to our music.
The path from Point A to Point B is the processing of human experience through the signal flow of expression, using the mechanisms of poetry, harmony, and rhythm.
We are here to fold spacetime.
We are The Wormholes.

Late Night Special is a diverse group of talented musicians strung together by passion to create a blend of euphoric energy that tames a groove that keeps you wanting to party all night.

Led by front man Fred Lee IV, the soaring vocals carry a thrilling sound painted with the majestic accompaniment of dulling electric guitars that surround a pocket of high energy pocket rhythms. No single genre can contain the caliber of high energy this band admits day in and day out, show after show.

Diego is a singer songwriter influenced by classic rock, indie/alternative, blues, and pop music. Currently writing, recording, producing and releasing music on his own, he is looking to build a strong fanbase based on community and good music.

You can hear Diego de Los Cobos on Spotify, Apple Music, and wherever else you listen to music!

Jay Hoff is a musician local to Charlotte, NC. He plays a variety of Alternative and Pop cover songs from Foster the People to The Killers to Lady Gaga. He also plays a handful of originals as well. He often plays 2-3 hr solo acoustic gigs, especially now during the pandemic, but also has a dedicated network of fellow musicians that allow him to play duo, trio, and even more depending on what the venue is looking for. He records, produces, mixes, and masters all his own original content out of his recording studio, Blacksheep Recording Studio, located in West Charlotte. He's also worked there to help several other local artists produce original content. He supports local and loves music because he believes it has the power to bring together people from many different walks of life. In a world more divided than ever, due to the pandemic, he thinks live music, when done safely, has the power to reconnect that community.

We're a 3-piece band whose style ranges from modern, electronic infused rock to more jazzy soft rock. Notable Music Videos for reference: "On The Beach", "Please Don't Police Me", & "Embedded Rhythm", and our electronic EP, "Mirrors" is on all streaming platforms . We've played all throughout Charlotte and were playing 2-3 shows per month before COVID.

Formed in the fall of 2017, The Dirty Low Down is a Progressive Garage act from Charlotte, NC featuring pop vocals, uptempo grooves, and a dynamic style reminiscent of grunge, post-hardcore, and alternative rock. With their alchemic passion and taste in music, it didn't take long for everyone to notice the chemistry. The vibe was there for something great, something real. While reflecting on the disappointments of previous projects and the potential success of a shared vision, The Dirty Low Down set out to do things right. Their singles for "Undercut" and "Leveled Up" can be found on all major streaming platforms and only hints at what is to come.

The Wormholes are an electro-alternative Rock trio formed in 2011, from Charlotte, North Carolina. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists and visual artists, Ben Verner, Chris Dameron, and Chris Walters. As self-proclaimed ""Ambassadors of Cosmic Propaganda"", The Wormholes' name speaks to their live show experience, which aims to transport minds to a more present realm, where the illusion of ego is shattered.

Blending spacey vocals, guitars, bass, and drums with synthesizers and sequencers, The Wormholes experimental vibe is a tasty blend of heavy, melodic, and mellow. Combined with their visual aesthetic of black-light reactive art, lasers/lights, and fog effects, the band is known for curating an experience that is truly unique.

Amigo is a rock and roll band. This might sound quaint or even a little passé but it's an entirely apt and appropriate description. Amigo is a guitar, a bass, a drum set and buckets full of songs and its members share a proud and unrepentant belief in rock & roll's divine promise and power to shake audience and band alike to their core.

The Charlotte-based quartet, comprised of guitarist Slade Baird, bassist Thomas Alverson, drummer Adam Phillips, and keyboardist Molly Poe has been putting rubber to road in senses both theoretical and literal since their inception in 2012, developing their keen sense of harmony and interplay, honing their songwriting chops and developing an absolutely white-hot live show which has become the main vehicle for their brand of rock and roll evangelism.

The intervening years have found the band churning out a handful of releases, most notably their 2014 debut long player Might Could, playing shows numbering in the several hundreds and driving their trusty van tens of thousands of miles as they regularly traipse around the southern United States and beyond, taking their unpretentious, straight-from-the-heart shaggy dog story to the people.

Cut in the summer of 2016 with famed producer/engineer Mitch Easter at his Fidelitorium in the decidedly anti-music biz hamlet of Kernersville, North Carolina, And Friends is an album that is at once raucous yet intimate, traditional but ambitious, and finds the band culling influences from 50's doo-wop to Hank Williams, John Prine to The Replacements, Tom Petty to Dinosaur Jr.

Building his songs from the foundation up, Baird adroitly lures the listener in, getting them moving with songs that would be at home in any honky tonk, dive bar or juke joint. But astride the plinking, pounding piano, hard-driving rhythm and swamp-scorched guitar solos sit the album's subjects, whose true depth is revealed and unraveled upon closer inspection via Baird's tightly packed lyrical prowess.

Dollar signs is a 5-piece alternative/indie band. Band members include Erik Button (Vocals, Guitar), Luke Gunn (Vocals, Horns, Guitar), Dylan Wachman (Bass, Shouting), Tommy McPhail (Guitar) and Arion Chamberlain (Drums).

Dollhands is a 3-piece alternative/indie band. Band members include Eric Smeal (Vocals, Guitar), Colby Shumate (Drums) and Caiti Mason (Bass).

Larkin is an alrternative singer-songwriter from Charlotte, NC.

Lisa De Novo makes her debut with an eclectic acoustic EP -The Stars Align - released October 2016! Her music could be best described as "Bubblegum Blues - an eclectic blend of catchy pop music and soulful blues music." She has done several electronic dance music collaborations with DJ's all over the world. One of her songs called Weekend Produced by SMK has over 100,000 plays on Youtube. Lisa played over 170 acoustic shows this year at venues and breweries all over the Carolinas!

Swim in the Wild is the Adventure Alternative Band- A Sound Born in the Rock & Rolling plains of the Carolina's with East Coast Vibes and flavors of Appalachian Folk.

Hey RICHARD is a melodic yet heavy culmination of 4 humans who shred hard while giving back. The band met while volunteering for Girls Rock Charlotte. The social justice sentiments of rock camp can be heard echoed in their songs and felt from the stage to the back of the room. Think Iggy Pop meets Bikini Kill. Their songs touch on LGBTQ+ rights, and women's issues while delivering a feel good, danceable sound.

"Seriously my new favorite band." - Johnny Starr
"I'm LOVING Hey Richard's EP! Raw and powerful!" - Rachel Orn
"I"ve had Hey Richard's new EP on repeat all morning." -Lisa Walker

Email: heyrichardclt@gmail.com

C3 Chopped It is a musician at heart who stumbled into producing which led him to realize his writing ability, which in turned encouraged him to see what he could make happen in the studio. When it all came together, he was amazed and fell in love with the creativity and originality of his work. He has a vision and dream that he is willing to push all by himself if he has to.

Email: Clyde.fields0709@gmail.com

A singer/songwriter of lush, haunting music, William Stephen Davis uses dark, catchy melodies and evocative, introspective lyrics as portals to vivid internal landscapes.

Raised in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina, Rasmus Leon creates songs that unfold in cinematic swells; unsurprising given his long history as a music video, animation and experimental documentary filmmaker.

A self-taught musician and filmmaker, Davis produced + scored numerous projects while teaching at colleges, simultaneously producing a multitude of 4-track songs in private for years, unbeknownst to even those close to him.

Using the framework of folk piano, pop-tinged incantations, confessional lyrics and environmental sounds, the chill-inducing combination swirls with emotional grandiosity, pulling listeners in and burrowing in their psyches long after the final notes.

Partnering with friend + producer Stephen Warwick (Ancient Cities), his debut EP and the Foothills was recorded in Davis' languished childhood home as he finished dismantling 30+ years of memory detritus. The album was further supported by a Knight Foundation grant and musical collaborators including bluegrass fiddlers, classical cellists and jazz trombonists, and mastered by Sarah Register (Big Thief, U.S. Girls, Protomartyr).

Email: rasmusleontv@gmail.com

Formed in the spring of 2003 from a group of guys who love The Classics/Rhythm & Blues, The Extraordinaires have put together a unique blend of music that is sure to get people out of their seats and on the dance floor. From the powerful kickin' horns to the smooth lead vocals, The Extraordinaires have a "Pure Live" sound like no other that will keep you coming back. Based out of the Hickory/Charlotte area, they've played from Oklahoma to Washington to Jacksonville, Fl and all points in between. Private parties, Festivals, Corporate Events, they are pure entertainers that will keep the dance floor full.

Formed initially as a side project by frontman Todd Jordan in high school during 2015, Pink Pots expanded to be a full live band at the request of a friend who wanted Todd to play at her New Year's Eve party. After a few member rotations after the following year, the band finally solidified a lineup, featuring original member Phillip Calhoun on guitar, Magda Criswell on bass, and Cole Brooks on drums backing the emotional and introspective songs that Todd creates in his parents' house. Now three years older and fresh out of high school, the now-older but not toned down Pink Pots has made it their goal to be as real, but yet as fun as possible. With the release of their newest album, Adolescence Jacket, the band explores themes of feelings post-high school and being suddenly thrust into the misadventures of being an adult with adult responsibilities and adult interests.

On Late Bloomer's third full length album, Waiting, the band have truly come into their own with an achingly human record that explores the crushing uncertainty of adulthood through a mix of hook-driven guitar rock and punk urgency. The album centers on ever-changing perspectives, with all three members contributing to the writing process to utilize their personal narratives, as well as points-of-view completely outside their own.

While much of Waiting's core revolves around the anxiety and confusion of everyday life, sonically the album finds the Charlotte, NC-based band more confident and focused than ever. After honing their sound through their 2013 debut and 2014's lauded Things Change, the band teamed with producer/engineer Justin Pizzoferreto (Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, Speedy Ortiz) on Waiting. The result effortlessly blends each members' seemingly disparate influences into a dynamic sound that ranges from roaring to tender-often within the same track. The fuzzy familiarity of college rock effortlessly collides with the intensity of punk and hardcore, all serving to propel the band's biggest choruses to date.

Having formed the band in early 2016, LeAnna Eden & The Garden Of (LETGO) has been a whirlwind force through out the music scene in Charlotte, NC. According to the Full Cover Story written by Mark Kemp, Senior Editor of Creative Loafing, "Will 2017 be LeAnna Eden's Breakthrough Year?" only time will tell, but it has started on a level matched by no other artist in the Charlotte Market. Whether opening for major bands & musicians such as Emily King, Black Joe Lewis; or headlining Visulite Theatre; or organizing the FIRST Black Alternative Music Festival there has been no stopping LeAnna Eden in 2017.

Third Boulevard is a passionate alternative band from Charlotte, NC, playing in various local venues. Jake is the Guitarist and Landon is the lead singer and percussionist.

"Anyone with ears would agree that the word ""real"" is thrown around in haphazard fashion nowadays; it seems like every rapper with a voice and a microphone is calling himself ""real"", trying to convince you of he's ""real"", begging you to believe that the stories he tells and the life he leads and the words he spits are all ""real"". Many make their case; some do it well. Fewer still, actually succeed. Standouts among these wordsmiths tend to share certain traits and characteristics: sharp wit; colorful wordplay; biting social commentary; sharp criticism of the establishment; and above all, a willingness to be honest and true to themselves, even when the truth is less than flattering. Carolina-based MC Lotta is one of these lauded few lyricists.

The youngest son of a single mother; Fayetteville, NC emcee Lotta was born a statistical anomaly. In a four-person household with a single-parent income, no father from which to learn the responsibilities of manhood, and no room for the costly mistakes that many more well-off youngsters engaged in, Lotta gained a unique perspective: that the weight of each and every person's world lands squarely on his own shoulders, and it is up to us as individuals to raise it high not only for ourselves, but for those we care for the most. Drawing inspiration from the unmitigated dedication and devotion shown to him by his own mother, Lotta forged his own strength of mind into a sharp point, and aimed it squarely at the wrongs he saw in his life and those close to him.

Beginning with crude recordings on a karaoke machine he received as a Christmas gift, then graduating to home studios, Lotta released his first CD project before completing high school. With a well-received product under his belt, he continued to grow as an artist, evolving from early braggadocio of his lyrical prowess to introspective questions and vividly painted audio-images of what he saw as he made his way through life in Fayetteville, NC; Atlanta, GA; and eventually Charlotte, NC. Lotta collaborated with many artists and producers along the way, always seeking to stand out and above any MC's he was categorized with. A style all his own became apparent: speak what you know, and know what you speak. Lotta's personal definition of ""REAL"" began to grip audiences tightly at every performance, and it was not long before a follow-up offering was being hotly anticipated.

With a large library of scattered gems culminating recently in his long-awaited mixtape project '2012', Lotta started quickly moving toward the forefront of Carolina's hottest artists. Spurred by the self-produced thought-provoking single 'Why Play The Game', the CD only further fueled the public desire for the impending release of his next project entitled 'Avatar', the excerpts of which are already illiciting great response at recent performances.

If his current ascension into the limelight is to be taken as any indication of where he's headed, you can expect to see Lotta transcend the regional star-status and break onto the national stage at any moment. Lotta's musical growth began to take on a life of it's own, and with his latest project 'Final Fantasy', the dedicated emcee began to develop a rapidly emerging new fan base. The project gained great notoriety with major blog sites, and also lead to many performances including SXSW."

Skinny Beaver & The Honeysuckle Playboyz is a collaboration of award winning singer/songwriters Gigi Dover, Eric Lovell, Chuck Johnson and Kevin Marshall. The sound is a mix of speakeasy, modern troubadour, and gypsy and world music. James Brock, percussionist and bass player, Chris Revels round out this stellar lineup.

Based out of Charlotte, NC, Gigi Dover and Eric Lovell are a driving force in the music scene. Their band, Gigi Dover & The Big Love has been quite successful in their journey of writing, recording, touring and performing to support their seven albums. Their style spans the musical landscape. Gigi's background as an artist injects a cool vibe throughout the range of her musical talents. Eric Lovell owns and operates The Blu Bubble Studio. His long list of credits including recordings by Kevin Marshall and Chuck Johnson put him among the upper echelon of Charlotte producers and recording artists.

Chuck Johnson & Charlyhorse blazed onto the Charlotte music scene in 2011 with a fury. The Charlyhorse band has amassed an incredible resume in a very short time, recording three records, touring throughout the U.S. and performing on many great stages. Chuck tells amazing stories and carries his audience through tragedies and adventures with his songs. His music connects art with life in a way like no other.

Kevin Marshall has been an integral part of the Charlotte, NC music scene for many years. His rock band, Kevin Marshall & The J-Walkers was formed in 2014. They have been actively touring and performing since the release of their record in October of 2015. Actively supporting the original music scene has been the inspiration and driving force that has kept him in the musical spotlight. A luthier by trade, he also owns and operates Smiling Moon Guitars, LLC., a stringed instrument repair and custom build shop. Skinny Beaver & the Honeysuckle Playboyz has given Kevin an outlet for expressing musical talents and influences that are beyond the scope of his other band.

The new band is looking forward to helping others through supporting great causes by collaborating, recording, touring and performing. With the melting and blending of the different musical styles and approach, there are no boundaries to the soundscape of Skinny Beaver & The Honeysuckle Playboyz.

"A consistency in disorder breathes into existence a quartet bound to the loud and impulsive. Gritty and jangled on some occasions, then mangled and diverting in others. The only thing planned is the outburst itself.

A hypnotic trance is created through guitars painted heavy and a rhythm section bound for movement, but beneath the distortions and muddled screams Junior Astronomers seek to achieve more than just reactions from onlookers; the band itself tries to document the human experience. ""Music needs to sound like human beings, like it's alive,"" frontman Terrence Richard declares. ""A lot of people want to make sad shit all the time--that's one part of life but it's not all life. There's fun, there's happiness, there's sadness.""

On stage the mess of humanity is embraced through a livid live show-devoid of controlled manipulation each night's set stumbles onto new devices. Passion bleeds over lofty construction making sure the songs themselves are the frame. The rest is unhinged and never over thought. ""If something is forced it feels like a job,"" the band echoes. North Carolina's own Junior Astronomers return with Body Language, the long-awaited follow up to their acclaimed 2013 album, Dead Nostalgia."

Hailing from The Queen City of Charlotte, NC; It's Snakes is southern, indie rock 'n' roll with a strong measure of the funk for the people to dance to.

MILLENNIAL is a group of guys who, true to their Generation Y character, have begun to forge their path with confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat music that is created with the notion to "make a change." A diverse generation of singer/songwriters and musicians reigning from Charlotte, NC, Rodney Eldridge (lead vocals), Logan Fincher (lead guitarist) and Jon Hussey (drums) formed a mutual bond derived from their passion for creative musical expression. That passion led them to take the leap to pursue their dream and served as the inspiration behind the trio's newest project entitled DREAMERS.

Originally from Montreal, Canada, U-Phonik relocated to Charlotte, NC in 2001. Playing a mix of alternative rock covers and originals, U-Phonik has established itself as one of the regions best acts. U-Phonik's original music has been featured in movies and television shows as well as received regular air play on various radio stations in the US and Canada. They have consistently been chosen for regional compilation CDs. The band has performed at some of the areas top festivals as well as performing on the "Rock Boat" and at Austin TX's South by Southwest festival. U-Phonik currently performs more than 100 shows a year in the Southeast.

"Charlotte NC alt-rockers, Of Good Nature, have built a strong start to 2018 with quick attention to their newly released music along with a steady wave of tour dates. Their fusion-friendly approach and openness to explore a range of styles has lead to a highly accessible sound which has recently spread like wildfire across festivals, cruises, blogs, and radio stations. "Take Me Anywhere" has been featured on Sirius XM's The Pulse and is currently streamed on a handful of popular Spotify playlists including Reggae Summer Beach (43k subscribers). Three additional singles are set for release this Spring and Summer.

Fresh off their second appearance aboard Train's Sail Across The Sun Cruise, as well as the recent headline at Jacksonville Beach's Salt Life Festival, the band has also opened for top-tier headliners Sublime with Rome, Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads, George Clinton, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Gym Class Heroes, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Blues Traveler, Common Kings, Steel Pulse, and many more. They've also received recognition for their past studio work, seeing their debut album, Just Add Water, won Indie-Ville's Reggae Album of the Year and sophomore album Life Worth Livin, debuted at #5 on iTunes Reggae Albums Charts.

One of the hardest working bands in the nation, the group's seemingly never-ending tour schedule continues with the announcement of the "Take Me Anywhere" tour, celebrating the success of their recording collaborations with Danny Kalb (Beck, Ben Harper, Foster the People, The Movement) at White Star Sound in Charlottesville VA."

Emily Sage is a Charlotte-based Indie artist with strong leanings in jazz and soul. Her romantic and lullaby-like songwriting style is largely influenced by her time spent growing up in Portugal. Emily Sage loves collaboration and has been creating new content with different artists in Charlotte. One of her collaborations is an intimate concert series called the CLT Loft Sessions, which she started with her manager and business partner Sara Colée. Currently, she is also in the process of recording a full-length album with producer Dylan Byrnes in Nashville, TN.

Ryan Wentz, a Charlotte native and Tennis Elbow bandleader, initially played all the instruments (apart from Rhiannon Dewey's saxophone), but recruited Pinky Verde's Heather Jensen on drums & backing vocals and Team Player's Chandler Hicks on bass in 2018. Upon winning the UNCW Battle of the Bands and performing on the main stage of the Azalea Festival in 2019, the band went on a brief hiatus when Ryan and Heather moved to NYC to pursue music.

2020's politically-charged "The Drop EP", "The Fall EP", & "Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn" are the result of Ryan being forced to flee NYC because of the pandemic and move back to Charlotte, NC. The entire album was recorded in quarantine from March-May 2020 and all the features were texted or emailed. The album's name was inspired by Ai Weiwei's 1995 triptych in which he is photographed destroying a 2000-year old artifact.

Pioneers in grungecore.

The L.A. Maybe is a 5-piece rock n' roll band from Charlotte, North Carolina for fans of Guns N' Roses, Foo Fighters, and Chris Cornell. Drawing influence from both modern and classic rock, The L.A. Maybe puts on an electrifying live show. This band strives to stand for everything you love about rock music.

Kindred Cult is an exciting blend of cultures and backgrounds.
We all work "day jobs" so we get it when people want to have some fun after work and on the weekends.
The mission for KC at every venue is to transport everyone back to their good ol' days and let their hair down.
Our promise is that there will be jumping, yelling, and plenty of singing along. You WILL wake up hoarse the next morning (even if you didn't know half the lyrics).

The Charlotte, NC-based band fuses vintage synths, four-on-the-floor drum machine grooves and fuzzed out, angular guitars to craft indie pop songs that conjure up the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, and LCD Soundsystem. Anchored by frontman Josh Shabtai's manic stage presence and darkly tinged lyrics, the band evokes the decadence and daring of a musical era gone by.

An NYC transplant (formerly of art rockers Controller), Shabtai moved to Charlotte with a batch of songs and a hunger to get them out into the world. He recorded Family Video's debut EP, Future so Dark, with producer Danny Kalb (Ben Harper/Beck/DREAMERS) at White Star Sound outside of Charlottesville, VA. Future so Dark is a three-song collection that introduces listeners to Family Video's unique brand of new wave-meets-pop punk bombast.

Shabtai soon enlisted Josh Durst (lead guitar), Ben Fortenberry (bass), Gabe Avant (drums), Tim McGorry, (synths) and Garrett Ballard (synths/guitar) to transform Family Video from a bedroom project into an in-person spectacle. Audiences can expect a cinematic, high-energy show with equal opportunities to dance and sing along as the band moves through a set of songs from their EP, upcoming album, and the occasional rendition of a new wave classic.

The band's debut album, Shades, also produced by Danny Kalb, will be released in 2022.

Nate has been writing, recording, and performing in and around Charlotte NC since 2011. Nate is often playing in , local coffee shops, breweries, wine bars, open mics, Festival in the Park and Tiny Stage Concerts. He is originally from Muncie, IN and started playing music in middle school. He is versed in a wide variety of instruments including trumpet, drums, other percussion, piano, and guitar.

The North Carolina-based band Roman Candles features Daniel Jackson, Matt Stache, Grey Revell, Justin Kent and Rodney Wallin. In 2013, these studio musicians came together in Charlotte with a new mission: to write and perform their own music. They have noted bands such as King Crimson, The Verve and Echo and the Bunnymen as their inspiration, as well as their love of classic American rock.

As the follow up to their 2020 Proximo EP, "The City is Closed" is their debut album. Full of heart and feel-good rock melodies, it explores the pain of toxic relationships, the turmoil of their ends and the eventual joy in learning to appreciate the small beauties of everyday life. Roman Candles recorded the album at Catalyst Recording in Charlotte, NC., with Rob Tavaglione at the helm as Producer. Numerous other musicians can be heard on the album too, including pedal steel local legend Jim Ashton and members of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.