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FUTURE PALACE: Maria Lessing Talks Good Things Festival, Resurgence & Vocal Tips
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The Everblack Podcast spoke with Maria Lessing from FUTURE PALACE about the band’s first-ever trip to Australia for Good Things Festival, their new album Resurgence, bringing the new songs to the stage, her disciplined approach to protecting her voice, her love of early 2000s emo and nu-metal, and the artists who inspired her journey as a vocalist.
**GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL LINE-UP:**
Limp Bizkit
Simple Plan | Spiritbox
Polaris | The All-American Rejects | Bad Religion *(45 + 1 Anniversary)*
Alexisonfire *(Performing 'Crisis' In Full)* | Grinspoon | Millencolin *(Performing 'Pennybridge Pioneers' In Full)* | Bilmuri
Ministry *(Farewell Australia)* | Chad Gray *(30 Years Of Madness. Performing Mudvayne & Hellyeah)* | MxPx | Neck Deep
Speed | Slowly Slowly | P.O.D. | The Devil Wears Prada | Choirboys
**IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:**
All Them Witches | The Black Queen | Future Palace | Headwreck
The Home Team | House Of Protection | ivri
Kami Kehoe | Locked Shut | LØLØ | vianova | Voice Of Baceprot
**DATES & VENUES:**
Friday 4 December – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne *(16+)*
Saturday 5 December – Sydney Showground, Sydney *(16+)*
Sunday 6 December – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane *(16+)*
Tickets on sale now: [www.goodthingsfestival.com.au](http://www.goodthingsfestival.com.au)
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