In the alt-rock world, you know you’ve made it when Fueled By Ramen picks you up.
Houston-based pop-punk trio Waterparks already had a pretty solid following—with over a million monthly listeners on Spotify and a few years of experience on the dearly beloved Vans Warped Tour—before signing to the home of Fall Out Boy and Meet Me @ The Altar last year. The band’s hyper new album Intellectual Property actually peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 in April.
We’re still a little bitter that the band promoted its greatest hits album with an acoustic set at Orlando’s Park Avenue CDs instead of, God forbid, St. Pete’s Daddy Kool Records or Tampa’s Microgroove, but in the hours leading up to Waterparks’ stop at Jannus Live this weekend, nothing is off the table in terms of pre-show shenanigans. California indie rock band Hunny and indie-pop singer-slash-fashion designer Sophie Powers open.
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This article appears in Jun 1-7, 2023.



