Arm's Length & Holding Absence in McKees Rocks

Arm's Length is a Canadian emo and post-hardcore band formed in Quinte West, Ontario, in 2018. After the EPs What's Mine Is Yours and Everything Nice, the group released its debut album, Never Before Seen, Never Again Found, featuring “Object Permanence” and “In Loving Memory.” The follow-up album There's a Whole World Out There arrived in 2025. In 2024, Arm's Length played North American clubs on the Wax Bodega Tour alongside Carly Cosgrove, Ben Quad and Saturdays at Your Place. The band followed in 2025 with a North American headline run supported by Prince Daddy & the Hyena, Riley! and Bike Routes.

Holding Absence are a Welsh post-hardcore band formed in Cardiff in 2015. Led by vocalist Lucas Woodland, they are known for emotionally direct, melodic rock heard across the albums Holding Absence, The Greatest Mistake of My Life and The Noble Art of Self Destruction, as well as songs including “Afterlife” and “Like a Shadow.” In 2022, Holding Absence toured Britain and Europe with Alpha Wolf after the two bands released the split EP The Lost & The Longing. Headline shows for The Noble Art of Self Destruction followed, and the band later joined Pierce the Veil on The Jaws of Life tour.