Lakeview

Emerging from the fertile ground of Nashville's Music Row, the duo Lakeview combines the melodicism and blue-collar ethos of country with the serrated edges of hard rock guitar chords and frenetic, metalcore-style drumming. Jesse Denaro and Luke Healy grew up steeped in diverse styles of music, from pop to worship, and became friends while in separate metal bands in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Observing the mid-2010s expansion of country music's borders into pop by acts like Florida-Georgia Line, the duo felt their edgier side could pair well with a straightforward Southern fla...