Purgatory at The Masquerade
Niiice.
Every four years, the scene resets. With every college graduation and hesitant grasp of adulthood, there are bands being formed in the fire of heated Twitterdiscourse and surprisingly, actual recorded music. Niiice. is one of those groups: formed in Minnesota, reinforced on the road, sustained online. In the aftermath of2019’s breakout EPNever Better, the trio…
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