Houston punk band Popperz brings songs about conversion therapy camp to St. Pete

M.A.C.E. opens this weekend along with Scissor Blade.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 3:35 pm

Photo via popperz/Bandcamp

Popperz. which plays St. Pete Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida on Aug. 4, 2024.

Every scene has that band that seemingly won’t say no to a show. Popperz does that in Houston where its become one of the Bayou City’s most recognizable punk-rock exports.

A debut LP, Slippin’ Through the Cracks, features songs that have been heard over and again in their hometown, but the trio is on the road and miles from home to play tunes about conversion therapy camps (“Misfits Song”) and earworms, too (“Unintentional”).

Orlando hardcore band M.A.C.E. opens along with femme cybergrind outfit Scissor Blade.

Tickets to see Popperz play The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg on Sunday, Aug. 4 are still available and start at $5. Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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