Belmont (band)

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Belmont
Belmont live.jpg
Belmont in live show.
Background information
Origin Chicago, Illinois
Genres
Years active2014–present
Labels
Members
  • Taz Johnson
  • Brian Lada
  • Jason Inguagiato
  • Joseph Mabry
Past members
  • Matt Fusi
  • Joey Legittino
  • Amal Sheth
  • Sam Patt
  • Thomas Hollingsworth
  • Alex Wieringa
Website belmontil.com

Belmont is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

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History

The band first formed in 2014 [1] while band members were still in high school. [2] The band was formed by frontman and lead vocalist Taz Johnson, and after a series of early lineup changes, stabilized with guitarist Sam Patt, bassist Alex Wieringa, and drummer Brian Lada. [2] Belmont self-released their debut EP titled Vicissitude which was produced by Mat Kerekes of Citizen and his brother. [3] In 2016, after solidifying their lineup, Belmont announced their signing to Mutant League Records and released the EP Between You & Me. [4] [5] In 2017, Belmont released a music video for a new single "Step Aside". [6]

The band released their debut studio album, Belmont in August 2018. [2] Music videos for the singles "Hollowed Out" and "Hideout". [7] [8] The band toured heavily in support of the release; in 2019, they toured with Senses Fail and The Amity Affliction. [8] In early 2020, the band embarked on a North American tour with Sleeping with Sirens, Set It Off, and Point North. [9] The band started a tour with Tiny Moving Parts, but a few dates into it, had to cancel it due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] Once it became clear that it was not a short-term issue, the band instead turned to focus on writing and recording a second studio album instead. [10] Their second studio album, Aftermath, was released in 2022, [2] and the band returned to touring in support of it at the same time. [10]

A third studio album, Liminal, was released on April 12, 2024. [11] Johnson said of writing Liminal:

With the title Liminal, it was a weird time in my life when I was writing this, and I was going through a lot of changes as everyone does. I was out of a really long relationship; my mother was going through cancer, and I was dealing with moving across the country. There were a lot of moving pieces to my life at that point. The definition of liminal is transitional periods and transitional spaces. Lyrically, it matches this phase of my life from positives to negatives and it’s just riding that wave between them." [1]

The track "All Bite" was released as a single from the album. [11]

Musical style and influences

The band has been described as pop punk [1] [2] [12] and prog punk. [7] [13]

Band members

Current members

Former members



Timeline

Belmont (band)

Discography

Albums
YearTitleLabelChart positions [14]
Top 200 US Indie US Heat
2018 Belmont Mutant League 146162
2022Aftermath Pure Noise ---
2024Liminal Pure Noise


EPs

References

  1. 1 2 3 https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-taz-johnson-of-belmont-talks-liminal/#google_vignette
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.allmusic.com/artist/belmont-mn0002818048#biography
  3. ↑ EnYart, Frank. "Belmont hopes to carry on Chicago pop-punk tradition with new EP". Columbia Chronicle. Retrieved 7 October 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ Shrum, Tony (29 July 2016). "Belmont Release 'Between You & Me' EP, Stream It Now". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Wellendorf, Kiley. "Mutant League Records signs Chicago pop punks Belmont". Alternative Press . Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Dickman, Maggie. "Pop-punkers Belmont have an epic house show in music video for new song "Step Aside"—watch". Alternative Press. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 https://www.altpress.com/belmont-hideout-music-video/
  8. 1 2 https://www.altpress.com/belmont-hollowed-out-music-video-commentary/
  9. ↑ https://www.kerrang.com/sleeping-with-sirens-announce-north-american-headlining-tour
  10. 1 2 3 https://highwiredaze.com/2024/04/12/belmontint2/
  11. 1 2 https://www.kerrang.com/amp/belmont-drop-new-single-all-bite-from-upcoming-third-album
  12. ↑ https://newnoisemagazine.com/news-belmont-announce-new-album-liminal-and-drop-title-track/
  13. ↑ https://lambgoat.com/news/42328/belmont-release-day-by-day-officialmusic-video-from-new-album-liminal/
  14. ↑ "Billboard.com". Billboard . Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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