There’s something comforting about having Brain Failure there in your corner - a band, despite everything, that still manages to hit those roaring anthemic highs with aplomb and bullish charm. While the band underwent substantial reshuffling five years prior, they wisely used the road and endless tours to win back their groove, and in some aspects, evolve. Retaining its nostalgia for no-holds-barred punk melodies they’ll be joining Xi’an’s The NONAME, who likewise have been stirring the fires of punk music in China since the turn of the century, crafting anthemic sing-along punk with a 90s skate punk twist - chock full of heavy guitar sounds, plump bass lines, and melodic propulsion - proving that 'the simplest riffs and lyrics are sometimes the most effective’.