Suitor - “Suitor could be a poster for the Northeast Ohio scene. Vocalist Emma Shepard grew up in Akron, where her mother and uncle both played in new wave bands, and her father has run a local record shop for over 45 years. She met her bandmates while attending college in Kent, and the group played their first show in Cleveland back in 2021. Their debut, Communion, was recorded by just Shepard and guitarist Chris Corsi and landed as a raw, focused introduction to the band’s post punk sound. Now the full five piece lineup of Shepard, Chris Corsi, bassist John Corsi, guitarist Stephen Ovak, and drummer Ryan Matricardi steps up together on Saw You Out With The Weeds, their first full length for Cincinnati’s Feel It Records. The record was tracked live in Lawrence, Kansas in the spring of 2024 by Caufield Schnug and Lira Mondal of Sweeping Promises, and that live setting shows. This is a band playing in a room together, and you can feel it.” -thefirenote.com

Quitters - These guys never prosper.