Vancouver grunge pop four-piece Buddie hit New York City next month for a showcase at New Colossus Festival, celebrating Crafted Sounds’ 10-Year Anniversary. The band takes the stage March 6 at Parkside Lounge, joining labelmates BRNDA, Aunt Katrina, and Silver Car Crash for a stacked international bill that runs deep into the night.
Ahead of the trip, Buddie shared digicam footage of “Golden,” filmed at their ‘Glass’ release show at Green Auto in Vancouver. The clip captures the band in full fuzzed-out form, guitars shimmering and drums pushing forward with urgency. It is a raw snapshot of a group fully locked in.
Led by Philadelphian-turned-Vancouverite Dan Forrest, Buddie channel ’90s alternative touchstones like Built To Spill and Nada Surf into sharp, hook-heavy songs grounded in environmental and social awareness. RANGE magazine called them a “quietly essential presence in Vancouver’s grunge-pop landscape,” and ‘Glass’ carries that weight with confidence and punch.
The eight-song, 25-minute album filters city-life anxiety through thick distortion and melodic sweetness. Singles “Stressed in Paradise” and “In the Glass Shell” take on gig work and digital overload with grit and heart. It is a record that hits hard and lingers long after the last chord fades.