Chase Petra, Literature, and Quarter Life Crises A conversation with Hunter Allen of the local Long Beach band.
by Caroline Smith
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found Chase Petra’s music while letting my playlist called “Lady Rage” go into suggested songs. I could only describe their music as “Sk8er Boi” era Avril Lavigne meets Paramore. Enamored, I explored their Spotify profile for a bit and found that they were Long Beach locals. Formed in 2018, the band is made up of guitarist and vocalist Hunter Allen, drummer Evan Schaid, and bassist and vocalist Brooke Dickson. Their first album “Liminal” was released in 2019. I was able to discuss Chase Petra and their music with Hunter Allen. How did you three meet and start playing music together? We’ve all been playing music since we were kids and kind of fell together through circumstance and sheer dumb luck! Evan and I grew up in the same neighborhood and started playing music at 14 and 15 years old and then we met Brooke years
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF SYD TRIP
