Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs
8:35pm to 9:20pm • Saturday, August 18 • Dine Alone Records' Wax On Wheels Stage
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Festival alum: Coffey & co. are back after playing a Legion after party before a Guns 'N Roses tribute band at last year's festival. We've given them a prime slot: closing the Dine Alone stage Saturday night! The moment: You can't wear hats in the Legion. So the band kept on tweeting no toppers allowed. I had never heard someone call a hat a topper. I love it and have been using that term since then. You can wear toppers to this year's performance. |
Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs are a power pop band from Toronto. Formed by Coffey, a former mechanic's apprentice from Kitchener, Ontario, with its members collected from various Ontario small towns, they rapidly ingratiated themselves with Toronto's punk scene. The band released a stream of DIY singles before signing to Oakland punk/garage rock label Southpaw Records (Ty Segall, Young Guv) for their Gates of Hell LP in 2014, which received praise from outlets like Pitchfork, Spin and Noisey. Touring extensively and playing with bands like Redd Kross, Black Lips, Screaming Females and The FLAMIN' GROOVIES, Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs have become regulars in DIY venues up and down the East Coast.
The Iron Lungs employ harmonized leads, call and response backing vocals and a seemingly endless supply of shout along choruses, as Coffey empathetically presents a collection of nostalgia-tinged dramas about teenage suburban isolation and escape rooted in an unshakeable belief in the transformative power of guitar music. As Coffey puts it, "honestly, I just wanna rock."
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