Jul 15, 2025 By Caleb Campbell

Hard Chiller is a new project from Steve Choi of RX Bandits and The Sound of Animals Fighting and Joe Vannucchi of From Indian Lakes, joined by Casey Deitz on drums and Roger Camero on bass. Together, the group plays with a roiling and relentlessly heavy blend of shoegaze, alt rock, and hardcore, one that can flip effortlessly between crushing chaos, rapid-fire rhythms, and swells of dreamy melody. More