Employing a punishing and progressive blend of melody and might, Sacramento, California-based post-hardcore supergroup
Royal Coda is the brainchild of alt-rock heavyweights vocalist
Kurt Travis (
Dance Gavin Dance,
A Lot Like Birds), guitarist Sergio Medina (
Stolas, Sianvar,
Eidola), and drummer Joseph Arrington (
A Lot Like Birds, Sianvar). Founded in 2017,
Royal Coda officially announced their formation in January 2018 with the release of the single "Anything to Save." Their eponymous debut full-length arrived later that April via Blue Swan Records. ~ James Christopher Monger