I Prevail at Download Festival, Paramatta Park. 9th March 2019
Certain moments in life change everything. The trajectory splinters, and there’s no turning back. Detroit post-hardcore outfit I Prevail, are no strangers to this experience. After the release of the band’s 2014 debut EP, Heart vs. Mind, nothing would ever be the same. The EP moved over 100,000 copies as the band toured with the likes of Hollywood Undead and Crown The Empire. Meanwhile, the group’s cover of Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’ sold 300,000-plus singles, went Top 20 on Active Rock Radio, and generated over 22 million views on YouTube and 17 million-plus Spotify streams.
Everything aligned and set the stage perfectly their debut full-length, ‘Lifelines’, merging entrancing hooks and a powerful and pummeling sonic backdrop, it debuted at #3 on Alternative Albums, #4 Hard Music Albums, #5 Rock Albums, #9 Top Album, and #15 on the Billboard Top 200, and a nomination for Breakthrough Artists in 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards.