Abandoned By Bears - Headstorm (2018)

A Swedish easycore band that specializes in heavy breakdowns and melody-rich pop-punk, Abandoned by Bears was formed in 2012 around the talents of vocalists Fredric Andersson and Leon Ekelund, guitarist Jacob Devinder, bassist Gustav Eriksson, and drummer Max Fahlman. With a sound that falls somewhere in between Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! and New Found Glory, the band issued their debut EP, Bear Sides, independently in 2013. The group's 2014 full-length When Nothing Goes Right, Go Left! caught the attention of Victory Records, who signed the band in 2015. Abandoned by Bears' label debut, Years Ahead, dropped in early 2016. ~ James Christopher Monger