GOOD THINGS, Good Times With JOSHUA ROBERTS From MAGNOLIA PARK

Interview by Kris Peters
Good Things 2023 is only months away, and with a line-up including
Fall Out Boy, Limp Bizkit, Corey Taylor, Sepultura and Behemoth it
is easy to get lost in the big names and the hype.
But there are a plethora of bands that will potentially make up the
next generation of music. Bands that might not be on your radar now
but if you allow yourself to venture outside of your comfort zone
and check them out, could well rise to the top of your personal
playlist based on just one listen.
One of those bands is Magnolia Park, a band known for their unique
blend of hip-hop, hard rock, pop-punk and alt-pop and also one
whose star is very much on the rise.
Earlier this month the band dropped two EP's simultaneously in
MoonEater and SoulEater, each showcasing differing sides to the
band's musical psyche.
HEAVY caught up with frontman Joshua Roberts to find out
more.
"It's so exciting," he enthused about Good Things. "Just to see the
line-up and be a part of this legendary festival is amazing."
We ask Joshua to introduce us to Magnolia Park.
"Magnolia Park is a... I like to call us a hybrid pop/punk style of
band," he measured, "because we put so much fusion and different
cultures and sounds in our music. We are very energetic. Most of
our songs are about mental health problems and being broke on a
Tuesday (laughs), so it definitely has a little bit of everything
and I think that people will like it if they give it a
chance."
In the full interview Joshua discusses the Good Things line-up, who
he is most looking forward to playing with, preparing for your
first tour of a new country, what he is expecting, what we should
expect from them, the blending of styles in Magnolia Park's music
and how they make it work, dropping two EP's at the same time and
why, how they each showcase different sides of Magnolia Park, how
they differ from last years debut album Baku's Revenge and more.