I Prevail: The Trauma Tour at Clyde Theatre

Photos by Sean O’Leary of I Prevail performing at the Clyde Theatre, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Touring Openers: ISSUES, Justin Stone.

Since their 2014 arrival, Michigan quartet I Prevail set a precedent and catalyzed rock’s evolution. Nearing half-a-billion streams and 115 million YouTube views, they moved over 500,000 albums worldwide, notched three #1 singles on SiriusXM Octane, and played 500-plus shows in just three years. Not to mention, they achieved a gold single in the form of their take on Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” from the Heart Vs. Mind EP. On the mega-anticipated 2019 offering Trauma, they uplift rock to a plateau where soundscapes can unpredictably toss and turn between heavy metal, alternative, hip-hop, and electronic moods without warning, boundaries, or rules. Rock may never be the same after Trauma. If anybody can elevate the genre to mainstream ubiquity once more, it’s this band.