FIRST DAY BACK

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GAPYEAR

$15 ADV / $18 DOS

7PM DOORS / 8PM MUSIC

ALL AGES

for fans of... Febuary, Braid, Texas is the Reason, Mineral

BIO:
Thundering out of Santa Cruz’s thriving and resurgent music scene, First Day Back have spent

their final years in college solidifying their place in the emo revival revival. Heralded as the

rightful torchbearers of second wave emo, First Day Back recalls the vocal exasperation of
Cap'n Jazz, the twinkle of American Football, and the youthful exuberance of Braid, all while

reinventing the sound with the organic additions of violin and harmonica. A love letter to the

past, Their debut and sole album Forward, self-released in June 2025, was recorded utilizing the

acoustics of their Empire Grade house living room, and a muted blue that graces the cover

matches the outer panelling of this sentimental domicile key to to the band’s foundations and

process. "Forward enchants on first listen, Pitchfork wrote in their 8.1 review "First Day Back

play with a transparency usually reserved for private moments: screaming into a pillow in your

bedroom, or putting your hoodie up to stress-cry on the bus."

The quintet's DIY perspective continues in their live show, which began in houses and anarchist

bookstores before blossoming with sold out tours opening for Algernon Cadwallader, Everyone

Asked About You, and Jejune, where thousands of kids screamed along to every word, wax, and woo.