Black Wine, Character Actor & The Ergs! Guitarist Jeff Schroeck Discusses The Sad Tomorrows' Self-titled Debut EP (The Witzard Interview)
The Sad Tomorrows, L-R: Mike "Hunchback" Catalano, J. Nixon, Brian Gorsegner & Jeff Schroeck (CREDIT: Stan Rawrysz) The Sad Tomorrows is a new band featuring a bunch of New Jersey Punk-adjacent veterans (some might say royalty!) from groups like Black Wine, The Ergs!, Hunchback, NIGHT BIRDS, and Screeching Weasel. While relying on the elegant melodies and top-notch songcraft that characterizes the members' other projects, The Sad Tomorrows recall an earlier era of Alternative music, before Melodic Punk branched out and calcified into Indie Rock and Pop-punk. Their snappy, energetic, and open-hearted songs bring to mind 80's bands like The Lemonheads, Big Drill Car, Sebadoh, Indie-era Goo Goo Dolls, and Soul Asylum... artists that bridged the gap between Hüsker Dü's angsty Post-hardcore Pop and the more polished and anthemic music of the 90's Alternative Rock boom. If that boom were still happening, the suits would be lined up outside The Sad Tomorrow...