Before they had even settled on a name, Pool Kids stayed afloat by doing things themselves.
As a duo, vocalist/finger-tapping shredder Christine Goodwyne and drummer Caden Clinton entered Florida’s well-oiled emo pipeline by booking house shows while scouting for dive bars that would entertain their cold calls. Then, one fateful day in April 2019, Pool Kids’ collective fortune changed overnight when a ringing endorsement from Hayley Williams turned the tides of Twitter onto their spunky debut. Once bassist Nicolette Alvarez and axeman Andrew Anaya from You Blew It! fame climbed aboard, the band’s fleshed-out follow-up created an even bigger splash with critics and promoters.
But just because Pool Kids have risen atop…