Fri 12/26 @ 8PM
They may be young, but Off-Leash has been kicking up a storm on local stages for nearly seven years now, when they weren’t even in high school yet. Originally called Detention, the Akron-based band was playing high-profile gigs such as the now-Defunct Wonderstruck Festival and the outdoor summer stage at the Rock Hall within a few years, and won the High School Rock off at the Rock Hall in 2020. The pop-punk quartet is fronted by dynamic vocalist/guitarist Elliott Carter, who is now an adult of 21 (it also includes guitarist Evan Cox, bassist Fritz Dannemiller and drummer Luke Konopka). And she has a pedigree: she is the granddaughter of Harvey Gold from ’70 Akron underground art punk band Tin Huey. And her father was in Kent’s hugely popular ska/punk band The TwistOffs.
The band is getting out and about too, working around the members’ schedules as Kent State students. They just finished a short “Get Your Shit Together” tour of the east coast and Canada that took them to New York, Boston, Montreal and Toronto. Now they’re back home and they’ll be playing for hometown friends and fans at Musica this week. Go here for tickets.