On the surface, L.S. Dunes appears to be the post-hardcore supergroup of our wildest dreams: Anthony Green (of Circa Survive) on vocals, with Frank lero (of My Chemical Romance) and Travis Stever (of Coheed And Cambria) on guitars, rounded out by Thursday’s Tim Payne on bass and Tucker Rule on drums. Their just-released debut album is titled Past Lives, and their first live set went down at the epochal Riot Fest - even the most outlandish of fan-fiction writers couldn’t make this up.
Catching up with Stever, though, we learned quickly that L.S. Dunes don’t really identify with the “supergroup” label - nor any of the stereotypes that come along with it. The band wasn’t formed to cash in on its members’ individual fame, - My Chem’s melodic angst on ‘Like Forever’, Coheed’s mathy grit on ‘2022’, Thursday’s searing bite on ‘Permanent Rebellion’ - this truly is the work of an outfit galvanised by its own uniqueness.
