Biography
Ultra Q revolves around the songwriting of Jakob Armstrong, the youngest son of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, and channels the moody, angular drive associated with early-2000s garage-punk revivalists. The group fuses that lineage—drawing from the Strokes, Interpol, and the Killers—with Armstrong’s singular strain of angst, a blend heard across its catalog and especially on the 2021 EP Get Yourself a Friend.
Formed by Armstrong and his high-school classmates Kevin Judd along with brothers Enzo and Chris Malaspina, the project first took shape as the after-school trio Mt. Eddy. When Judd came aboard in 2019 the name shifted to Ultra Q. Its first release, the EP We’re Starting to Get Along, appeared later that year and drew critical acclaim; the band subsequently logged supporting tours and select festival appearances. The follow-up, the stylistically wide-ranging 2020 set In a Cave in a Video Game, emerged as a direct response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, built from tracks Armstrong wrote and tracked at home during the initial lockdown weeks. The third EP, Get Yourself a Friend, arrived in 2021.
Formed by Armstrong and his high-school classmates Kevin Judd along with brothers Enzo and Chris Malaspina, the project first took shape as the after-school trio Mt. Eddy. When Judd came aboard in 2019 the name shifted to Ultra Q. Its first release, the EP We’re Starting to Get Along, appeared later that year and drew critical acclaim; the band subsequently logged supporting tours and select festival appearances. The follow-up, the stylistically wide-ranging 2020 set In a Cave in a Video Game, emerged as a direct response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, built from tracks Armstrong wrote and tracked at home during the initial lockdown weeks. The third EP, Get Yourself a Friend, arrived in 2021.
Albums
Singles
