Sincere Engineer is a Chicago-based pop-punk and alternative band fronted by Deanna Belos, whose debut album Rhombithian (2018) established her as one of the sharper voices in the genre's current generation — direct, emotionally honest songs built with the understanding that good pop-punk doesn't require irony to earn its hooks. Stay Inside and Smug LLC fill out a bill that covers the indie and DIY spectrum from multiple angles.
The Masquerade on August 28 is the right environment for a lineup like this: a venue that takes independent music seriously at every scale, and an audience that came knowing what they want. August 28.
