Saint Augustine, Florida in the summertime can be a magical place. A weekend spent there can create twenty years good memories hanging out in the hot Floridian sun with your friends. One moment you’re hanging out at your friend’s lake house drinking beers doing relay races and in a snapshot, you’re playing volleyball cockfighting style on a tarp wet, slippery from dish detergent. Homemade pina coladas being made in a blender, someone refreshes ice upon a wheel-barrel full of beer stocked in the shade, and mix tapes with Hot Snakes and the Descendants is blasting through some blown-out boombox speakers. This is TUBERS. Caught between the awkward time of adolescent and adulthood, St. Augustine’s Tubers find a natural balance in life and music. Previously, the three men of Tubers circuited the Florida punk scene in bands such as Twelve Hr. Turn, Solid Pony, and The South. After years of playing what one might call their collective back catalogue as “spastic hardcore”, Tubers finds a mellower spot to sit while not letting aggressive tendencies completely fall by the wayside. Tubers are the perfect complement for a party that wants to let loose, have fun, and, you know, maybe get a little weird on the dance floor. The underground railroad from St. Augustine to Richmond, VA finally comes to listeners in the form of Tuber’s split with the almighty Brainworms. Having years of friendship and numerous 12 hour drives built up over time, it only seems natural to have these two bands come together to commemorate friendship and make peace with alligators, whatever that means. (Jeff Beyers)