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LISTED AS ONE OF ALTERNATIVE PRESS’S 50 UP-AND-COMING POP PUNK BANDS, NEW ENGLAND’S OWN ALWAYS GROUNDED IS A BAND THAT IS REMINISCENT OF THE LATE 2000’S POP PUNK AND EASYCORE HEYDAY, GATHERING INFLUENCES FROM BANDS SUCH AS FOUR YEAR STRONG AND NECK DEEP. MERGING UNFORGETTABLE HOOKS WITH LOUD, AND HARD HITTING INSTRUMENTALS, THIS CONNECTICUT BASED 5 PIECE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.

SINGER/AMATEUR WRESTLER RJ DIONNE STARTED ALWAYS GROUNDED WITH HIS BROTHER ELI AS AN ACOUSTIC PROJECT. AFTER RELEASING THEIR FIRST EP, THE DUO DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND TRANSFORM INTO A FULL BAND. RJ RECRUITED GUITARIST JUDE ANGELO ALEXANDER AFTER MEETING AT A HOT TOPIC IN 2015 WHICH THEN LED TO TAPPING IAN DE CHANTEL AS THEIR BASSIST, EVENTUALLY SOLIDIFYING THE LINE UP WITH MASON COHEN AS THEIR DRUMMER. THE OUTFIT SHARES ONE COMMON BELIEF: THAT THROUGH ALL DIFFERENCES, MUSIC CAN BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER. THIS MINDSET IS A THEME THAT CARRIES OUT THROUGHOUT THE BANDS LYRICAL STYLE, CREATING A SENSE OF SOLITUDE THE LISTENER CAN FIND WITHIN ALL OF THEIR SONGS.

THE BAND JUST RELEASED THEIR SECOND EP, TITLED “FAKE SMILES, BRIGHT FUTURES”. THEY’RE AMBITIOUS, WITH GOALS OF MAKING AN IMPACT ON FANS AND CREATING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY/HOME FOR THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL.