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Head North Goes Down South


It’s always depressing when your favorite local band goes on tour. It’s kind of like being blind sided by a breakup. You are left feeling lost and confused, wandering in the dark, lonely and cold. You begin asking yourself questions like, what did I do? Did I love too much?Did I push too hard? Was I too clingy? Did I smother them? The good news is that your favorite band always come back to town. And when they do come back, they are happy to see you, unlike your ex, who can be found hiding in the frozen food section of the grocery store, until you pass by. 

The latest member of this temporary abandonment game is Buffalo’s own pop/ punk outfit Head North. Head North, comprised of Brent Martone (guitar/ vocals),  Nick Iacuzzo (guitar) Alex Matos (bass), and Boon Lieber (drums), will be heading out on a 23 date East Coast tour. The tour will be taking the rust belter’s as far south as Orlando, Florida (lucky them). Staying true to it’s DIY ethics, HN's Martone booked the tour himself saying “I'm so stoked man. We're hitting up a bunch of cities we haven't hit since last summer. It's going to be a good time.” The tour is in celebration and support of the band’s second EP release Scrapbook Minds. “The recording process was my favorite we've had,” explains Martone, “Boon, Alex and Nick are such competent players it opened up time to experiment sonically.” 

Scrapbook Minds, the debut EP from the current lineup (who have been together since October) of Head North, is chocked full of coming of age tales from the post adolescent heart. Power chords and throaty vocals make this record go ‘round. However not all of the songs are amped up pop/punk anthems.They slow it down with the acoustic, “Brooklyn’s Burning” and “Jake’s Apartment.”  

While the EP is technically the second release from Head North, Martone doesn’t see it that way. “Arrows (the first EP), we did it with our old lineup. It doesn't sound anything like the new record. I wrote the words still, but we had a different singer and it was essentially a different band.” Martone explains. 

 Head North will be kicking off the tour with a show at the Waiting Room this Friday March 7th, along with The Traditional and many more.




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