Cende

Short-lived indie rock group Cende delivered a stirring brand of power pop. Living in the same building in Brooklyn at the time, guitarist Dave Medina, Porches drummer Cameron Wisch, and LVL UP drummer Greg Rutkin began playing together in 2013. They soon added bassist Bernard Casserly (Normal Person) to the lineup. With Wisch and Medina acting as main songwriters, the quartet self-released the EP Cende in 2016, with the full-length #1 Hit Single following in 2017. They toured the U.S. and Canada with (Sandy) Alex G and Japanese Breakfast before announcing that November they were parting ways in order to focus on other projects. Cende played two farewell shows with Vagabon and Radiator Hospital in Philadelphia and New York City in December of 2017. ~ Marcy Donelson