Look, I had something else planned to talk about today. Literally another blog post. I definitely wasn’t planning on talking about any members of Sheer Mag, or the band themselves. But when I woke up this morning to an instagram feed loaded post-after-post with the tour flier announcing that Sheer Mag was headed for the road, I rolled out of bed and got to typing.

There is something clearly magnetic about Sheer Mag to the underground scene in America as we know it. I can’t deny that and neither can the folks over at Seth Meyers Late Night, clearly. Friends from every city, and an array of scenes, always tell me how excited they are for Sheer Mag. 2019 is looking like (another) big year for the Pennsylvania crew too. Burger Boogalo, for example, announced them in the first wave (there will be more announced, right?) of mainstage performances this year. In the meantime, though, they’re setting their sights for New England.

The April tour makes all the stops in all the right places, starting in Baltimore and weaving through all the biggest venues I know on the East Coast. And Sheer Mag won’t be alone. The Smarthearts, another project from Matt Palmer – their rhythm guitarist, will be on the road with them. Basically, this is a Philadelphia flex tour. To put this into perspective, amongst the two bands, this tour van will be carrying members from some of the sickest bands Philly has right now: The Guests, Devil Master, Grave Turner, and Machine Gun. That’s insane.

I don’t know what you’re doing in April, but I’m gonna go see Sheer Mag and Smarthearts when they come to a venue near me.

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