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Being As An Ocean

Alpine, CA, US · 2011–present · active
Being As An Ocean formed in Alpine, California in 2011 and became known for a post-hardcore sound that uses heaviness as a frame for confession, patience, and spiritual searching. Dear G-d... introduced the band's blend of melodic hardcore, spoken-word passages, swelling post-rock guitars, and screamed emotional release, with Joel Quartuccio's vocals often sounding closer to testimony than conventional frontman performance. How We Both Wondrously Perish and the self-titled album broadened the formula, adding cleaner melodic hooks and more carefully shaped dynamics, while Waiting for Morning to Come, PROXY: An A.N.I.M.O. Story, and Death Can Wait pushed the band into more atmospheric and electronic spaces. Even as lineups shifted, the core remained recognizable: long builds, ringing guitars, abrupt eruptions, and lyrics that circle grief, faith, distance, and endurance. Being As An Ocean are heavy because of their crescendos and screams, but their real signature is emotional pacing. The songs often feel like letters becoming storms, with post-hardcore structure stretched toward catharsis rather than simple aggression one careful wave at a time.
melodic hardcorepost-hardcorepost-rock

Bigwig

New Jersey, US · 1995–present · active
Bigwig are a New Jersey punk band whose catalog helped define the sharper, faster end of late-1990s melodic punk. Formed in 1995, the group stood apart from lighter pop punk by putting Tom Petta's tense vocals and political frustration over quick tempos, tight downstrokes, and hardcore-informed urgency. UnMerry Melodies introduced their sarcastic bite, while Stay Asleep, An Invitation to Tragedy, and Reclamation pushed the band toward denser arrangements and a darker emotional register. Bigwig fit punk scope through skate punk, melodic hardcore, and hardcore punk roots, with songs built for speed but rarely limited to simple party energy. Their best material has a nervous, confrontational feel, using melody as a delivery system for disillusionment rather than as a softening device. The band toured through the same ecosystem as many Warped Tour era punk acts, yet their writing often felt more agitated and less glossy than the era around them. Bigwig's appeal lies in that tension: fast, catchy songs that sound fun in motion while carrying a clenched-jaw distrust of easy answers.
melodic hardcorepunk rockskate punk

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