Kerosene Heights

Emo-punk band Kerosene Heights combines vintage hardcore energy with modern emo sensibilities to deliver sweet blasts of emotionally charged mayhem, as heard on assured efforts such as Southeast of Somewhere (2023) and Blame It on the Weather (2025). Kerosene Heights was founded in 2021 in Asheville, North Carolina, by vocalist/guitarist Chance Smith, guitarist Justin Franklin, bassist/vocalist Elle Thompson, and drummer Reis DeSantis. Part of the fifth wave emo revival, the quartet eschews the experimentation of some of their contemporaries for straightforward, heart-on-sle...