HOME BASE: Greater Philly area

STYLE: Singer-songwriter possibly in the folk-alt-rock-goth-noise genre …

LINEUP: Joe Michelini, guitar and vocals

NOTEWORTHY: Remember the Toms River-based indie rock band River City Extension? He was in that. They broke up in 2015 and Michelini launched his own project, American Trappist, the following year.

INSIDE TRACK: Michelini’s mission is to portray his convictions through his work, “that the world and our race of human beings may better represent ourselves and our vast emotional spectrum and capabilities as productive individuals to the wanting…