Pens+ (Tokyo): "PENs+ are a math/emo/post-HC band who sound like Algernon Cadwallader jamming with the band apart. Consisting of four prodigally talented university students, their music explodes with an abundance of energy, guitar wizardry and pop sensibility. They performed at the 2012 Senkou Riot music festival after being chosen by TokyoFM as one of the best high school bands in all of Japan. At only 21 years of age these whippersnaps are de_nitely at the forefront shaping the "next music" from Tokyo. " - Next music from Tokyo. Leer: 5-piece emo band from San Jose. Graceful guitaristy and soulful rhythms intertwined with ethereal fragments of youth glimpsed through sentimental narratives. This split 7" features two new songs from each band.