Myka Relocate

Myka Relocate
Myka Relocate performing in 2016
Background information
Origin	Lafayette, Louisiana
Genres	Post-hardcore
Years active	2007 (2007)–present
Labels	Artery Recordings Razor & Tie
Associated acts	I Am Architect
Website	Myka Relocate on Facebook mykarelocate.com
Members	Austin Doré Dylan LeBlanc Josh Peltier John Ritter Michael Swank
Past members	Sam Albarado Scott Badon Luke Burleigh Garrett Hawkins Aaron Robertson

Myka Relocate is an American metalcore band based in Houston, Texas. Formed in 2007, the band has released two studio albums, Lies to Light the Way and The Young Souls in addition to taking part in four annual South by So What?! music festivals between 2012 and 2015 as well as the 2016 SO WHAT! Music Festival. The band is credited with being able to successfully combine electronic music, guttural screaming and pop vocals.

In 2007, Austin Doré, Sam Albarado and Garrett Hawkins started Myka Relocate in Lafayette, Louisiana. Shortly after, the band enlisted Tori Guidry at lead guitar. In the early stages, the band had multiple short term bass players (Trevor Granger, Jack Taylor), before longtime bassist, Luke Burleigh, joined the band in 2008. The band self-released an album in the summer of 2008 called Self Portrait as a Frozen Father.

At this time the band's genre was post-hardcore. Shorty after the release of Self Portrait, Tori Guidry left the band. The band operated as a four piece consisting of Hawkins (vocals), Doré (guitars), Burleigh (bass), and Albarado (drums) for the next eighteen months after Guidry's departure. On 26 June 2009 the band self-released an EP called ...and of Monsters.

In late 2009 vocalist Garett Hawkins posted a bulletin on MySpace announcing his departure from the band.

The band announced new vocalist Scott Badon and rhythm guitarist Josh Peltier and released one song titled "Take it Easy Mountain Face" to their MySpace page in 2010, but shortly after the band was without a vocalist again.

After finding a loyal following in Lafayette, the band changed their base of operations to Houston, Texas (to draw a larger following) in 2010, adding vocalists John Ritter and Michael Swank and adopted a metalcore sound. Two years later, the group performed at South by So What?! music festival in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The band was named after a phrase used in video game Call of Duty, in which a voice shouts "Sniper, Relocate". The band decided to change the pronunciation of the first word to "/ˈmaɪkə/", but decided to spell the word as "Myka".