On his episode of Chris DeMakes A Podcast, Pete from the Bouncing Souls mentioned that Less Than Jake would be on Stoked for the Summer this year! Pretty sure he didn't mean to say it but Chris confirmed it later in the epilogue.
An NJPAC email spoiled it: The Bouncing Souls: Stoked for the Summer with Less Than Jake, Bane & The Lawrence Arms
JFC that's a wild line-up. I don't care about Bane but... Seeing the Souls, LTJ, and the Larry Arms in the same show is incredible. BRB. Need to convince my fiancée this should be our honeymoon because it's the week after our wedding.
bane was pretty bad the last time i saw them but Lawrence Arms are one of my favorites and I'd love a nice beach day.
Sonically, they are definitely odd person out. But the two bands have a lot of history together playing. So it fits in that way. But Stoked usually has two bands below the main acts (last year it was Spraynard and Crazy & the Brains; 2024 was Catch-22 and Des & the Swagmatics; 2023 was Screaming Females and Mercy Union). So there could be an addition or two there that tie it together a little neater. School Drugs or Best of the Worst immediately come to mind as openers they could slot in to balance it out some. Or they could just let the fucking chaos ride! Haha.
Lol what an ambiguous, world salad statement that says nothing as if it’s some spontaneous circumstance. A perfect personification of what the festival was.