Sheer Mag in Zurich

Sheer Mag are an American rock band formed in Philadelphia in 2014. Their guitar-heavy mix of hard rock, power pop and punk first appeared across a run of EPs, later collected as Compilation, before the albums Need to Feel Your Love, A Distant Call and Playing Favorites. Their best-known songs include “Fan the Flames,” “Nobody’s Baby” and “Expect the Bayonet.” Sheer Mag played Coachella in 2016 and crossed the Atlantic for Primavera Sound in Barcelona later that year. In July, the band also performed at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.