Tonight Alive

Formed in 2008 around the talents of Jake Hardy (guitar), Whakaio Taahi (guitar), Cameron Adler (bass), Matt Best (drums), and then-16-year-old vocalist Jenna McDougall, Australian punk-pop outfit Tonight Alive honed their chops in youth centers in and around their hometown of Sydney before releasing a string of increasingly successful EPs (All Shapes & Disguises [2010], Consider This [2010], and Let It Land [2011]). The band's major-label debut (for Sony Australia), What Are You So Scared Of?, arrived in October 2011 and charted both regionally and in the U.S., where it was re-released the following year through Fearless Records. The band’s sophomore long-player, The Other Side, followed in 2013. ~ James Christopher Monger