DOUG TUTTLE

Peace Potato (Trouble In Mind) Album

Doug Tuttle is a singer/ songwriter from Massachusetts and Peace Potato is his third solo album. He played all the instruments and recordedit in his own bedroom studio. Part psych, part 70s soft rock, part pure pop, it’s lovely stuff for summer listenting. 8 The Met Lounge welcomes USA Alternative Rock outfit Of Virtue to the Bridge Street venue tonight.

USA’s Of Virtue was formed in early 2009. Bringing a unique mix of technicality and emotion, they seamlessly weave haunting heartfelt melodies and driving progressive hardcore all with the poise and confidence of seasoned veterans while still being young as musicians.

Their energetic performances have been winning over fans of all genres. Of Virtue has since played with bands such as For the Fallen Dreams, Every

Time I Die, The Ghost Inside, Traitors, Fit for an Autopsy, Acacia Strain, The Plot in You, For Today, Anti-Flag, I Set My Friends on Fire, It Lies Within, Darkest Hour, Born of Osiris, As Blood Runs Black, The Human Abstract, This or the Apocalypse, Citizen, Impending Doom, Sleeping Giant, Norma Jean, The Chariot, La Dispute, After the Burial and Such Gold.

Tour support comes from Bournemouth-based brutal metalcore band Griever. Griever play fast, technical riffs inspired by the likes of Killswitch Engage and Trivium.

They release their new EP, Soul Searcher this weekend, where technicality is put to good use, along with some thundering breakdowns. The band played its first show in May of 2012, and have toured Europe and the UK extensively since then. They have played with many bands such as Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Stray From The Path, Being As An Ocean, Martyr Defiled, Crossfaith, Heart of a Coward, Bleed from Within, Napoleon, and more. Special guests are Peterborough band Return to Rome. The Met has more international bands lined up in the wake of Of Virtue. On June 7 you can see Courage My Love from Canada; On June 9, Nina, from Germany, takes to the stage; and on July 13 it is the return of Halflives, who hail from Italy.