Name: Smile Empty Soul & Tantric
Start: 2025-05-28T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 1214 Williston Rd South Burlington VT 05403

$20 Advance | $25 Day of Show
All Ages
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Smile Empty Soul is a hard rock band that originated in Los Angeles, CA in the late 19990’s and has stayed true to their brand of “no bullshit”, “real as it gets” hard rock to this day. The band signed a major label record deal in 2003 to release their self-titled debut album in May of that year. They realized huge success at alternative radio, rock radio, and the music video channels that have since fallen by the wayside or turned into reality show networks. After 3 very successful singles/videos and a gold record from the debut release, the band ran into trouble with their record company (which was in the midst of turmoil at the top levels) and found themselves working extra hard in the trenches, and signed to indie labels from then on.
This would become SMILE EMPTY SOUL’s destiny, as they have gone on to release any more albums on various labels, with their new EP “Swan Song” coming in late 2024. The band has become known for its constant touring and never wavering honest sound/lyrics. They’ve never changed for anybody, and turned down many opportunities to “sell out” because it’s not who they are.
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Employing a hard-hitting blend of post-grunge, modern rock, and alternative metal, Tantric emerged in 1998 and released its gold-selling eponymous debut in 2001. Featuring three-quarters of the original line-up ion hit-making post-grunge outfit Days of the New, the band released a string of Billboard-charting albums and hit singles as the decade progressed. Like its mother band, Tantric also fell victim to personnel changes, and in 2007, co-founder and vocalist Hugo Ferreira entirely restaffed the group and has remained the sole constant member ever since. Subsequent efforts like 37 chChannels (2013) and Mercury Retrograde (2018) continued to populate the hard rock charts.