'68

Josh Scogin kickstarted his small band with the big sound in 2013, naming the two-man outfit he
modestly undersells as “a little rock, a little blues, a little hardcore” after his father’s old Camaro. And
there’s a muscle car-sized rumble beneath the hood of what the Atlanta, Georgia native and his
percussive partner-in-crime, Nikko Yamada, unleash with an array of guitar, bass, drums, keys, and
pedals, careening between swinging barnburners, wild haymakers, and moody atmosphere.
The passion, the hunger, the good humor, it all connects with diverse crowds. Deliciously stripped down
and vibrant, ’68 excels in intimate environments, to be sure, but is no less unignorable on giant festival
stages or on the road with Bring Me The Horizon, Stone Sour, Beartooth, Avatar, August Burns Red, The
Amity Affliction, and Underoath, where they’ve
earned new converts every day.
In Humor and Sadness, the first album by ’68, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard New Artist Chart. Two
Parts Viper followed in 2017. Grammy-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Alice In
Chains) became a believer after just a few songs of a ’68 set. On ‘Give One Take One’, crafted with
Raskulinecz in Nashville, the band’s high intensity bombast threatens but never swallows the underlying
groove. - Ryan J Downey
'Give One Take One', the new album, is out now.

Nate Bergman