Real Friends & Knuckle Puck

Arms Length, One Step Closer, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck

HMAC in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania hosted the North America Tour featuring Real Friends and Knuckle Puck as co-headliners. There were two bands with them: Arms Length and One Step Close. First up on the bill was the Canadian emo group Arms Length, who played a mix of tracks from their EPs and their albums, Never Before Seen, Never Again Found. One Step Closer, a Pennsylvania band, took the stage after their performance. The hardcore nature of One Step Closer was evident in their performance, as they were able to quickly get the audience to their feet. Afterwards, Real Friends, one of the main attractions, hit the stage. Similar to Knuckle Puck, the co-headliner, Real Friends is an Illinois pop-punk band. Real Friends performed a number of songs from various albums, including Torn in Two, Maybe This Place Is the Same and We're Just Changing, The Home Inside My Head, and Composure. After that, Knuckle Puck performed tracks from their discography, including Losing What We Love, Shapeshifter, Copacetic, and 20/20. Overall, the event was a fantastic blend of pop-punk, hardcore, and emo rock genres. Still, it was a fantastic show.

[Photograph by Wes Shepherd]