California-based emo rockers Finch, originally called Numb, include vocalist Nate Barcalow, guitarists Randy Strohmeyer and Alex Linares, bassist Derek Doherty, and drummer Alex Pappas. Strohmeyer actually had a hand in What It Is to Burn has since been viewed as a landmark release for the emo and post-hardcore scenes and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. The band embarked on a celebratory 10th anniversary tour in 2013 across the US, Europe, Japan, and Australia and is back for a second go around.

Charting at 99 on the US Billboard 200, What It Is to Burn, produced by Mark Trombino (Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, All Time Low) received comparisons to the music of Blink-182. Linkin Park, New Found Glory, and Glassjaw.

Having toured previously with Yellowcard, New Found Glory, The Used and with Vans Warped Tour and the Reading and Leeds Festivals, Finch will return to the festival scene this year at When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas and Bamboozle in New Jersey.

Finch will be performing the album in full for the first in ten years at HOB Chicago May 3, Paradise Boston May 5, LPR NYC May 6 & HOB Anaheim May 27

“We are very happy to celebrate WIITB one more time with our fans!” Finch

Like contemporary acts Coheed & Cambria and Taking Back Sunday , Long Island, NY’s the Sleeping merge emo, hardcore, and various other styles into an angst-ridden soup. Vocalist Doug Robinson, guitarist Cameron Keym, bassist Sal Mignano, and drummer Joe Zizzo were previously involved with various other bands (including the defunct Skycamefalling ), and these experiences brought an additional progressive edge to the Sleeping’s 2004 debut, Believe What We Tell You. The album was released on One Day Saviour before the group signed with Victory Records in the fall of 2005. The Sleeping played a main stage slot at May 2006’s Bamboozle festival in New Jersey; their sophomore full-length, Questions and Answers, dropped later that month. The band supported the record with extensive touring, including nationwide dates with Bayside and Halifax, two weeks on Warped Tour, and a month overseas.