Employing a buoyant blend of fist-pumping pop-punk and nervy indie rock that's rife with emotional discord, Chicago's The Kickback deliver a sugar-coated sonic assault that invokes names like Spoon, Pixies, and White Reaper. 

The idea for the group began to take shape in 2008 while singer/guitarist Billy Yost was attending the University of South Dakota. After relocating to Chicago, Yost assembled the group via craigslist ads, and by 2010 the band had issued a pair of well-received EPs (Great Self Love and Mea Culpa Mea Culpa). With a bit of wind in their sails, the Kickback recruited Spoon drummer Jim Eno to produce their full-length debut, Sorry All Over the Place, which was released in 2015 via Jullian Records. 

A sophomore effort, the heartbreak-themed Weddings & Funerals produced by Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, The Hives), followed in 2017. Rolling Stone says The Kickback "conjures the very best parts of The Veils and The Walkmen and The Killers, writing lean, nervy songs that snarl and snap." 

The group is currently working on their third studio album.