Cartel
Chicago, Illinois, United States
About
Breaking out in the mid-aughts, CARTEL artfully threaded the space between the turn-of-the-millennium pop-punk tidal wave and the widespread virality of the social media generation, cutting their blend of hyper-melodic pop-rock with reflective lyricism and ambitious sonic versatility. As the group stares down the 20th anniversary of <a href="spotify:album:6YdfLXc1XlgsDeHCg6e37Q" data-name="Chroma">Chroma</a> in 2025, they do so with both an appreciation for what their past has afforded them and an excitement for what the future holds. More recent live appearances on Warped Rewind at Sea, Emo’s Not Dead Cruise, Is For Lovers Festival, and When We Were Young have introduced Cartel to a whole new generation of listeners – some of whom weren’t even alive when they rode the dual guitar intro of “Honestly” to the Billboard Hot 100 all those years ago. “Thinking about having done this for over half of our lives sort of breaks the space-time continuum,” Pugh says. “It’s so cool, because it constantly feels like being rebirthed every time you hear the records.”
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