Pop punk veterans State Champs are bringing their antics to Bogart’s with a few of their friends. The evening is geared up to be a fun night filled with cold riffs, two-stepping and plenty of crowd surfing.
State Champs has been releasing music since 2010, but they really emerged with the release of their debut album The Finer Things in 2013. The album was their first on Pure Noise Records and featured such singles as “Elevated,” which helped propel the band into the mainstream. They would continue to put out records through Pure Noise with their biggest being Around The World and Back. The 2015 album features hits like “All or Nothing” and “All You Are Is History.” Following all this success, State Champs released a new self-titled album on Nov. 8, featuring the single “Silver Cloud,” and is available for purchase on the band’s website.
State Champs has cultivated a sound that pop-punk fans have come to know and love. Ever since their inception, the band has been able to fuse uptempo riffs with catchy chorus lines to great success. Many fans liken their sound to pop punk greats like Blink-182 and Sum 41. That likening has been a driving force in the band’s success as they’ve been able to bring back a nostalgic sound and morph it into something that more modern fans love. Essentially, if you’re a fan of 2000s punk and pop punk, then maybe a trip to see State Champs is something for you.
A lot of exciting things seem to be brewing for State Champs as they embark on their tour that will see them come to Cincinnati. With a new album coming out, fans can obviously expect to hear some new tunes from the band — all the more reason to make sure to catch them at the show. To make things even sweeter, they will also be joined by other notable pop punk and emo acts Knuckle Puck, Meet Me @ The Alter and Daisy Grenade.
State Champs play Bogart’s on Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. More info: bogarts.com.
This story is featured in CityBeat’s Nov. 13 print edition.
This article appears in Nov 13-26, 2024.