About

StompTown Revival is a gospel-soaked roots duo that sounds like it crawled out of a backwoods tent meeting with a stompbox in one hand and a fuzzed-out hymnal in the other. Built around Circleslide frontman Gabe Martinez and producer-turned-frontman Brandon Bee, the St. Louis-via-Seattle outfit leans hard into front-porch Americana—wheezing harmonicas, greasy slide guitar, hand-hewn acoustic riffs, and a literal stompbox heartbeat thumping beneath every chorus. Their self-titled 2012 EP played like a crate-dug mixtape of old gospel, blues, and country spirituals shot through a modern PA, landing them on Billboard’s Christian and Heatseekers charts while taking their gritty revival sound to festivals like Rock of Ages and beyond.

After several years focused on other creative paths, the duo returned in 2026 with renewed fire and their first new music since 2019, partnering with NRT Music to release the raw and soul-stirring single “Keep Me.” Martinez brings the sanctified rasp and harmonica wail, Bee stacks the slide, keys, and low-end groove, and together they turn Sunday-school truths into sweat-drenched revival songs that feel as ready for a juke joint as they are for a church basement.