A Collegiate Affair

Posted: November 10, 2015 | | Comments are off for this post.

A Collegiate Affair is a four-piece punk/rock band from Richmond, Virginia.  They originally formed in 2011, but the current lineup has been together since April of 2014. The band is often compared to a mix of A Loss for Words, I Call Fives, and Saosin. Musically, ACA draws influence from blink 182, Metallica, Foo Fighters, and Fall Out Boy. Vocally, they are influenced by Anthony Green, Underoath, and Taylor Swift.

AVA is basically just a bunch of college-aged kids who like playing genuine music. All of their songs are about real world situations they have gone through, such as substance abuse issues, abandonment, and broken relationships. The band wants to provide an outlet to people who might be dealing with similar struggles they have gone through.

ACA put out their first EP ‘Out of Place’ in June 2013. Once they added James in April 2014, the band immediately began working their single, entitled ‘Calling Card’. They followed that up with their newest EP, ‘Full Disclosure’, which came out this past May. ACA just recently finished recording another EP, and you can expect that to be out in January of 2016.

“We support Syke because they’re a light in a dying scene. It’s rare for an organization to take a stand against someone as strong as the tobacco industry and we respect that. We’d like to thank Syke for giving us this incredible opportunity!”