What a lineup at Charlie’s on Monday night. Twin Foxes, Lady Bones, the mighty Kal Marks. And Yeesh.

Who?

That’s exactly what we said. What was a little-known band from Chicago doing on a bill chock full of New England heavyweights? We decided to give them a listen and find out.

What we heard was pretty pleasing. Picture the big, clean choruses of an arena act like Scotland’s Biffy Clyro, combined with the grittier mid-western punk sound of an act like Red City Radio—and you’ll get a pretty good idea of what they sound like.

We gave the three piece a call while they were traveling to a show in Frederiksberg, Virginia to ask them some hard hitting questions like “who are you and where did you come from?” The members of the band—Alex Doyle, Peter Reale, and Greg Obis—were happy to put us on speaker phone and talk about themselves, their favorite Allston dining spot, and why they may or may not sound like The Used.

Check out the interview below and then give Yeesh a spin on bandcamp. Like what you hear? Check them out at Charlie’s on Monday. And even if you don’t like what you hear, the other bands on the bill still slay, so you should probably show up anyway.

Allston Pudding: We would be lying if we said that Allston Pudding was familiar with Yeesh when we saw this lineup. Who are you? What do you sound like?

Yeesh: So we’re Yeesh from Chicago, and, I don’t know… we always have a tough time with that. Maybe like post-punk? Not so much like Joy Division, but more like late 80’s early 90’s stuff, maybe Fugazi, Rights of Spring, that kind of stuff.

A description that I’ve heard lately is Q And Not U, but lazier. Not sure what that means, but I like it. And then someone said we sounded like the Used once, and that’s my favorite description so far.

AP: So on your album cover, do you have a sticker that says “For Fans Of The Used?”

Yeesh: That’s actually the name of the record, so yeah, sort of.

AP: Are you guys familiar with the rest of the bands that you’re playing with on Monday night?

Yeesh: Yeah we’re very familiar. We played with Lady Bones last time we were on tour, and they crashed at our place in Chicago.

And I (Peter) started a little tape label called Post Scarcity Records, and we released a comp that has Lady Bones on it. We’ve never met or played with Kal Marks, but we’re pretty big fans of them. They have to be our friends because they have no choice. And oddly enough, in 2009 or 2010, we were scheduled to play a show with them, but it didn’t happen because of a snowstorm. And it was supposed to be with Space Ghost Cowboys, which was Aaron Maine or Porches. If we had played that show we would be more popular now.

AP: So you definitely know what you’re getting into, and it sounds like you’ve toured through Boston before. Is there anything you’re super excited about when you get to Cambridge?

Yeesh: Yeah so this is Alex. I lived in Alston for a while, so I’m excited to catch up with some buddies. And yeah, I’m excited for Le’s Vietnamese Restaurant, it’s kind of my jam. So I’m exited to get some vermicelli. Last time we played at O’Brien’s, so it was a little closer to the venue.

AP: Yeah, the Allston one is really close to O’Brien’s.

Yeesh: Wait—there’s multiple Le’s?

AP: Yeah, there’s one in Harvard Square, literally right around the corner from Charlie’s

Yeesh: Oh wow, I feel like poseur now. But Super 88 was also my jam when I lived in Allston

AP: Cool. Did you guys go to school in Boston? 

Yeesh: We actually went school in Vermont. I spent a year in Boston because my friends were at Northeastern, but then we all decided to move to Chicago to do the music thing there

AP: What’s the Chicago scene been like for you? What are some good bands we should check out?

 Yeesh: Chicago is great. I think all of us collectively love it. I’m (Greg) from there, and there are a ton of good bars and good food and some great DIY venues, but they’re pretty fluid and open and close pretty regularly, which I think is what Boston is like as well.

As far as the Chicago scene, Geronimo! was one of our favorite bands and good friends. They were kind of looked up to like the elder statesmen of the Chicago punk scene, it was really good to have them.

Then there’s Two Houses, Melk Belly, Fake Limbs, our friends in Rat Hammer, this band Rad Payoff, and then there’s Meat Wave... who you might have heard of.  There’s Blizzard Babies, they’re cool. And yeah, that’s just straight off the dome, there are plenty of great acts.

AP: If we were to head to Chicago to see one of these bands, what’s the best place to see them?

Yeesh: The Observatory. Well, I don’t know if we can talk about the Observatory. It’s a DIY spot. If you see us in person we’ll tell you where it is. Other than that, it doesn’t exist. Then there’s the Empty Bottle which is a bit bigger, and Quenchers, which is where Yeesh got our start—so lots of great venues in Chicago.

Don’t miss Yeesh with Kal Marks, Lady Bones, and Twin Foxes at Charlie’s Monday night. It starts at 9:15PM and it’s only $5.