Tea parties, princesses, and punk rock? Yeah, that makes sense; so long as you’re a bunch of musician girl-dads intent on showing up for their daughters as well as themselves. Enter, The Emergency Exit, this week’s Under Exposed featured artist.
Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, The Emergency Exit are a pop punk trio delivering fun, punchy tracks and the most wholesome, honest DIY spirit you’ve ever seen. Listeners might recognize lead singer and guitarist, Sid Broderius, for his iconic “punkrockgirldad” socials, or his appearance on NAPNET’s own parenting pod, The Imperfect Dads Podcast. When he’s not educating the next generation on the best punk records, Sid and his bandmates Steve (guitar) and Jasen (drums), somehow manage to scrape together enough spare energy to write, record, and produce their own music, and even manage to play some very cool local shows. For the parents in the room looking for a band they can relate to and actually enjoy, The Emergency Exit has it all.
Keep scrolling to check out my lightning round interview with The Emergency Exit; be sure to follow along on socials (theemergencyexitmusic on Instagram and Tiktok) and tune in to Spotify and Apple Music. Don’t forget to save the Under Exposed playlist on Spotify to listen to my favorites from The Emergency Exit, and the rest of the Under Exposed lineup!
Interview
Cameron Conrad sits down with Sid, Steve, and Jasen
What’s your dream venue, the place that will feel like you’ve “made it” once you've played there?
924 Gilman
Red Rocks
Red Rocks or The Gorge
If you could pick any band or artist, past or present, to tour with, who would it be?
Operation Ivy
Jimmy Eat World
Blink 182 or Green Day
If each of you was a Disney character, who would you be?
Han Solo
I'd be in the band Power Line
Buzz Lightyear
What’s the craziest, cringiest thing you’ve done for the sake of your music?
Handing out free tickets for our show at a GWAR concert. People were real mean about it pop punk tickets at a metal show.
Pooped at the Dipper
Made 20+ mix versions and still didn't like it
If we gave out high-school superlatives today, what would each of you win?
Most likely to write sad songs.
Most likely to be the worlds okayest guitar player.
The guy who doesn't practice enough
Any new music or upcoming tours we should know about? Anything brewing behind the scenes you can give a hint about?
We have 3 killer shows with NOT.GREENDAY lined up for spring and I'm really looking forward to that (writer's note, I hear these shows were in fact, killer)
Our new album is going to be seriously amazing!
New record will hopefully come out before my baby arrives, but most likely not (lol)