Combining the MySpace-era grind sound they loved as teenagers with more modern takes on the heavy music genre, the California-based SeeYouSpaceCowboy formed in 2016 as a self-described “indulgence project”. They have since risen to become one of the most exciting bands in the underground scene, with a devastatingly heavy and dextrous hardcore sound and the razor-sharp lyricism of frontwoman Connie Sgarbossa, explicitly political and unapologetically emotional. Signed to Pure Noise, they have released a string of EPs and splits, as well as two highly-acclaimed studio albums, the latest being 2021's The Romance of Affliction.