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\u201cIf I were going to a show like this, especially a prom-themed show, I would want a little extra pizzazz,\u201d says Big Bill vocalist Eric Braden. It\u2019s a good thing to hear from the co-founder of the prom-themed show, now in its eighth year. Bill Ball 8<\/a> takes over Radio\/East this Saturday, Nov. 22, with a touch of frill, some appropriately eccentric pomp and circumstance, and plenty of art-punk-inspired acts.<\/p>\n The organized dance theme, there from the very beginning, is more festive accentuation than nostalgic reenactment, to Braden and his bandmates\u2019 eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBring a date, dress up, have fun,\u201d the singer instructs casually, adding that Eli Deitz \u2013 drummer of Porcelain, also on the bill \u2013 will lead speed dating before the music gets started for those still looking for a special someone to twirl with in the mosh pit.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a love letter to Austin,\u201d Braden says of the one-day festival. \u201cTo our existing fans and our home city and our scene.\u201d He gushes about the local lineup, curated with help from photographer, booker, and TODO Records<\/a> co-founder Pooneh Ghana. \u201cWhenever I see a band that brings such ferocity, and at the same time, fun, and not taking themselves seriously, that is everything we love,\u201d he says, exalting haha Laughing<\/a> and Froggy Style\u2019s farcical genre-jumbled rap, CorMae\u2019s egg-punk attitude, Queen Serene<\/a>\u2019s earnest rock & roll swagger, and Porcelain<\/a>\u2019s airtight connectivity.\u00a0<\/p>\n In past years, the politically comedic songwriter reflects, the group has booked a wider range of genres and styles, but this year, as Big Bill celebrates the release of their fourth album Sick Myth<\/a>, they homed in on artists that share some of their punk-spiced, rock-based, irony-loaded secret sauce.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe applied that same lesson to our new record,\u201d he muses. \u201c[On] our previous records, we were always trying to explore multiple sounds and not get stuck in one place, but with this record, we kind of flipped it. We were like, \u2018Let\u2019s give them what we feel like we\u2019re best at \u2013 distilled.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The new approach met the moment for the 13-year-old band, now adjusting to Braden\u2019s move to Philadelphia and facing the self-imposed pressure of aging as musicians.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe get older every time. Our record is coming out, and I think we\u2019ve learned a similar lesson each time, which is: focus, learn from what you\u2019ve done,\u201d says Braden. As event organizers, the same education applies. Even from far away, the busy musician says all things Bill Ball \u2013 a special burger to match Sick Myth\u2019s album artwork, a cartoonist, vendors, performers, and gimmicks galore \u2013 are ready to roll.<\/p>\n Bill Ball 8 welcomes Big Bill, Porcelain, Queen Serene, haha Laughing, CorMae, and Froggy Style to Radio\/East on Saturday, Nov. 22.<\/p>\n