Introducing: Let's Get Fired Promotions 

St. Petersburg pop punk specialists 

Upcoming Events, July - October

Pop punk music has a subtle, subversive nature which can teach us something important about progressive politics. It's less in your face than many other sub-genres but reminds you that fun is critical -- nay, essential.  Quit your job!  Do an immature Tyler Durden style act of rebellion in the bathrooms!  Or at least improve your work-life balance, you yuppie.  St. Pete's new promotions team Let's Get Fired (LGF) is here to assist you.

Stealing is a good way to start your liberation mission, so the first headlining band of LGF’s life are the shoplifters’ advocates, Thieves Are Watching. Yeah, they can watch back!  This band play a heavy-tinged tribute to some of the more respectable music of emo’s early third wave.  They will be supported by Open Box Policy of New Port Richey, an appropriately labeled revival band who incorporate chugging guitars, emo and alt-rock into songs with titles reminiscent of pop punk legends ('Boredom,' 'Hello Suburbia').  Tampa's Pinehurst will come with the strained heaviness and emotional subject matter of Small Brown Bike and the vocal variations of Smoke or Fire, while Say It Ain't So invite you to enjoy a universe of high-pitched nostalgia inspired by Tom DeLonge.  This show is Friday, July 17th at 8pm, at The Market On 7th in Ybor.

The latter band -- who are implanting Weezer in my head repeatedly despite not sounding like them -- will also be playing at LGF's second gig on July 31st at The Neptune Lounge (Tarpon Springs).  Weekend-loving Atari types Saved By Friday will be there, as will the sparkly, summery, golden age emo punk of Starlight Envy from St. Petersburg.  Anthemic-but-warbly-vocalled Gainseville band Former Planets provide LGF with their second underdog-rooting headliner in a row. (Pluto, y'see -- last hired, first fired.)  They'll have a new, self-titled album for sale.  Last-minute addition The Casey Little Band will provide various variety due to their interesting combination of ska and folk.

Both of these gigs are $7 and all ages.  Let's Get Fired also has shows in the punky crock-pot for August 30th, September 1st, September 11th, September 19th and October 3rd.  So whenever it is that you happen to find yourself getting the corporate elbow, you can spend one of those final minimum wage hours on a good night out.  

These events not brought to you by Donald Fucking Trump.

Let's Get Fired on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/letsgetfiredpromotions
Let's Get Fired Tickets: http://letsgetfiredpromotions.ticketleap.com/

Event 1: https://www.facebook.com/events/967464486611252/

Event 2: https://www.facebook.com/events/780940655359560/ 

 

Thieves Are Watching: https://thievesarewatching.bandcamp.com/
Open Box Policy: https://openboxpolicy2.bandcamp.com

Pinehurst: https://pinehurstfl.bandcamp.com/
Say It Ain't So: https://soundcloud.com/jack-eppink/sets/pop-punk-pizza-and-pussh-doors
Saved By Friday: https://savedbyfriday.bandcamp.com/
Starlight Envy: https://starlightenvy.bandcamp.com/
Former Planets: https://formerplanets.bandcamp.com/
The Casey Little Band: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCaseyLittle

 

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BONUS CUP 

PS. His headline band dropped out of the first show, so here's the cut bonus footage if you're interested.

"And just as the deaths of our youth jobs are often the end of one phase of life, and the start of something better, coming first for LGF is Finish Last. On tour from Rochester and the impetus behind the promotions company, Finish Last play modern, catchy pop punk with a great amount of skate and punk rock underlying it all. They're promoting their EP Never Settle on this, their first tour venturing south." https://finishlast.bandcamp.com