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The Aces grew up gigging around Provo, sharpening bright guitar pop and candid diary hooks into a tight, four-piece sound.

Tight-knit roots, wide-open hooks

Sisters Cristal and Alisa Ramirez lead from voice and drums, with McKenna Petty's melodic bass and Katie Henderson's clean, chiming guitar framing the choruses. Expect a sprint through Stuck, Volcanic Love, Daydream, and newer cuts like Girls Make Me Wanna Die, paced so the room can shout every hook.

The room tells the story

Their crowds skew queer-friendly and fashion-forward: thrifted denim, glossy eyeliner, enamel pins, and groups of friends trading chorus harmonies between songs. Trivia heads will clock that they once played under the name The Blue Aces, and that many visuals are steered by Alisa's creative direction. Call these setlist and rig notes educated guesses, not gospel. The night tends to feel communal, not fussy, which suits their straight-ahead pop craft when this tour hits your city.

Queer-Friendly Glow And Fan-Made Color

This room looks like a mixtape: denim jackets with stitched hearts, bright sneakers, soft tees, and glitter liner that catches the wash lights.

Denim, glitter, and inside jokes

Fans swap beaded bracelets tagged with song titles, point to each other on big hooks, and hold up handmade signs for deep cuts. You will hear the crowd take entire refrains, not to drown the band, but to underline them. Pre-encore, a tight clap pattern rolls from the back, then a low chant answers from the front until the band returns.

How the room sings

Merch skews pastel and lyric-forward, and you spot posters repurposed as tote patches by the next tour. It feels like a safe, upbeat hang where people come to move, sing without restraint, and leave with one more chorus lodged in their head.

Pop Precision, Guitar Glow, And Air-Tight Grooves

Cristal's lead vocal sits clear and slightly forward, with choruses often lifted by tight three-part stacks that bloom on the second repeat.

Hooks first, parts that serve

Guitars favor chorus-kissed cleans and palm-muted verses, then open wide on refrains so the bass can carry the weight without mud. Live, they sometimes tease a verse with a bare arpeggio before flipping to a bigger, quicker backbeat on the chorus to raise the pulse. The rhythm section is the quiet engine: Alisa's four-on-the-floor kick and crisp hi-hat patterns keep everything danceable while leaving room for handclap samples. McKenna's bass lines are melodic but disciplined, often outlining chord lifts that make the hooks feel buoyant.

Color without clutter

Expect compact lighting cues that track the song form, with cool washes on verses and warm ambers on choruses, plus tasteful strobe pops on downbeats. Little arrangement tweaks—an extra bar before a drop, a shouted count-in, or a harmony added mid-tour—give familiar tracks a fresh snap.

Kindred Hooks In Neighboring Scenes

Fans of MUNA will feel at home with The Aces' danceable pulse, queer-forward lyrics, and guitar sparkle that still leaves space for synth glow.

Pop kin across eras

HAIM overlaps through sister-locked harmonies, tight drum-and-bass pockets, and a west-coast ease that turns pop-rock into a live conversation. CHVRCHES makes sense for listeners who crave sleek synth lines under earnest, skyscraper choruses. MisterWives brings similar high-color indie-pop energy and a knack for turning bridges into group sing moments.

Synth shine and guitar bite

The Japanese House connects on glossy textures and melancholy warmth, a lane The Aces visit when they slow a song down and let the harmonies lead.