Latchkey Kids is a punk band forged in New Brunswick, New Jersey, playing the same dirty basements that made punk legends like The Bouncing Souls, Lifetime, and Screaming Females. Hanny Ramadan, Joey Gryzbowski and Cyle Morris are three friends from different walks of life who met in Rutgers University, who bonded over their love of The Menzingers and Pinegrove, and began writing songs about the tension and dissonance of being 20-somethings alive in America today. As second- generation immigrants, Hanny and Joey have a particular POV that gets to the quintessential American experience of assimilation and alienation, as well as growing up and breaking up, love, and loss. After graduation, the band moved in together and used Covid Lockdown to self-produce their debut album “The Week You Ran Away” in their basement in West Philly, and, after its release in late 2022, spent the better part of the following year touring across the country, playing every bar, house, club and coffee shop between Atlantic City and Appleton that would have them: 100 shows in the span of seven months. In the winter of ‘23/’24 after feeling spent both physically and financially, they eventually went back to jamming in Hanny’s parent’s garage in Voorhees, NJ. They began writing new material to bring to producers Kyle Pulley (Alex G, Dr. Dog, Hop Along) and Tom May (singer/songwriter of The Menzingers). They dug deep at Pulley’s Headroom Studios to make new songs that are heart-on-your-sleeve- rock- and- roll anthems. Hanny’s raw and sonorous vocals have elicited comparisons to two other New Jersey-ians: the grit and honesty of Bruce Springsteen with the twang and playfulness of Evan Stephens-Hall of the band, Pinegrove. His pipes even landed him on the TV show, The Voice , as a contestant on their 2022 season, though he never made it past the first episode. Judge Gwen Stefani, apparently not seeing pop idol stardom, opined, “It seems like you just want to be in an indie rock band….” Latchkey Kids will be releasing new music in 2025.

'apocalyptic skies' - latchkey kids 'athena' - latchkey kids 'mo(u)rning anthem' - 2023 single recorded at headroom studios 'the week you ran away' - 2022 debut album links to all music: spotify bandcamp apple music youtube

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