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Hailing from Austin, Texas, meet feisty pop-punk upstarts Gold Steps<\/strong>. In less than 18 months, the quintet hasn’t wasted any time getting down to business. Debut EP, ‘Louder Than Words’<\/em>, laid down a marker with its pulsating mix of heavy pop-punk and soaring hooks courtesy of Liz Mauritz.<\/p>\n While appearances at So What? Music Festival and SXSW and alongside The Ataris, Aaron Gillespie, Ace Enders, Forever Came Calling and more have fine-tuned their sound.<\/p>\n Tomorrow, Gold Steps<\/strong> return with their second EP, ‘Incandescent’.<\/em> While the chugging hooks rear their heads throughout, songs such as ‘Exit The Apologist’,<\/em> ‘Vacancies’,<\/em> and ‘Suckerpunch’<\/em> play to their strengths.<\/p>\n Joined by husband Zach Duarte (lead guitar), Elias Perez (rhythm guitar), Erasmo “Raz” Garcia (bass), and Roger Steadman (drums), Mauritz and company show growth on ‘Incandescent’<\/em> with Liz’s mental health troubles serving as the lyrical catalyst.<\/p>\n “These songs reflect my mental state at different points of my life in the last year: fiercely refusing to give up in the face of adversity; struggling with my sense of purpose outside the band; and glimpses of hope that I was ‘getting better,’ just to knock myself out again with self-esteem issues,”<\/em> says the vocalist.<\/p>\n Even though Mauritz’s detailed experiences of anxiety, self-harm and panic disorder weave in and out its seven songs, ‘Incandescent’<\/em> shows she, and her bandmates, are coming out at the other end with a bright future.<\/p>\n As part of our ongoing routine for exposing up-and-coming bands, we’re premiering ‘Incandescent’<\/em> in full.<\/p>\n