Stay Here, Elijah Johnston, Cool Cool Cool, Downhaul

From the venue:

Purgatory at The Masquerade.

Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Stay Here is a four-piece rock outfit consisting of Parker Phillips (vocals and guitar), Julian Chawla (guitar and vocals), Julian Sosa (bass and vocals), and Rene Acuna (drums). The band formed in late 2016 after existing in its previous iteration as a pop-punk band during its founding members” high school years. Though the members of the band wasted no time making Stay Here known to Atlanta’s music scene and the DIY scene at large with the release of their debut EP Blindfolds and multiple touring stints in support of the release, the band has since grown exponentially in stylistic maturity as much as it has in popularity during its relatively short tenure. At the core of Stay Here’s music is heartfelt, honest songwriting characterized by anthemic choruses with infectious vocal melodies and shimmering harmonic textures, seamlessly blurring the lines between indie rock, alternative, emo, and early 2000’s pop-punk.