Lineup: Robert Saye, Daniel Jordan, Lloyd Ferguson, Joel Penn and Zack Walker. Formerly of: Kill LeBaron, Paradise Boulevard and Carabelle. Influences: Poison the Well, Norma Jean, Hopesfall, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Shai Hulud, Twelve Tribes, The Chariot, August Burns Red, At the Drive-In, The Bled, Thrice, Thursday and Misery Signals.

Attest

Attest came together in the summer of 2008 and have plans to head into the studio very soon with Anthony Lunn of Rising Tide Recordings to record a new EP. Lunn had worked previously with Kill LeBaron, which Attest refers to as its "brother band." In fact, singer Robert Saye used to play in Kill LeBaron, and his brother is currently the frontman. 

Attest first paired up with Lunn toward the end of last year, recording its first track "A War of the States." The song is an emotionally and politically charged barrage of hardcore vocals, metal riffs and mature arrangements, which seems to be the direction the band is heading overall. "We began collaborating and writing in a style that encompassed all of our ideas," says the band, "sending us in a direction that has us questioning exactly where our influences lie. Blending ideas from every corner of hardcore, post hardcore and metal, we began to see that we'd stumbled across something that was definitely our own." You can hear the debut single online at www.myspace.com/attestath.

Next show: AthFest, Caledonia Lounge. Date and time TBA.

Michelle Gilzenrat