New Jersey post-hardcore quintet Vanish produce a dramatic, cathartic fusion of emo, pop punk, and metalcore tropes, as heard on their 2019 debut album, Familiar Faces. The band was formed in August 2016 in Old Bridge, New Jersey by vocalist Patrick Hamilton, guitarists Bobby Miller and Justin Beacham, bassist Jack Hinson, and drummer Nick Perrone. The members had known one another for years and had played together before in various formations, influenced by big local Jersey names like Senses Fail, My Chemical Romance, and Armor For Sleep. While most of their contemporaries fell into either the lighter pop punk or...