Music like The Felix Culpa

The Felix Culpa is a four-piece band from the Illinois/Wisconsin border, best described as a Progressive Indie band with post-hardcore elements. They had released two full-length albums ("Commitment" and "Sever Your Roots"), an EP/DVD combo ("Thought Control"), a digital EP ("SoSo Remission") and were signed to No Sleep Records. The band has since broken up and they played their last show on December 9, 2011. On May 15, 2014, the band announced their comeback through diverse social media.

The band originally started life in the spring of 1998 as "twostepsback", formed by Timothy Wisniewski, Mark Hladish, and Joel Coan as teens. They met at a series of youth groups in Walworth and Beloit, Wisconsin. Mark and Timothy had a love for "good" indie/punk music. Their goal was to write thought-provoking lyrics matched by music with exceptional time signatures and arrangements. After a short time of playing together and exchanging ideas, Mark introduced Timothy to Joel Coan, saying, "He is one of the most talented musicians in this hemisphere." twostepsback played together for just under two years. Timothy was asked to leave the band due to irreconcilable differences. Through a series of line-up changes (including the mutual departure of second vocalist Jacob Clark and bassist Justin Uppenkamp), Mark and Joel eventually added Tristan Hammond as their bassist and backing vocalist in late 2003/early 2004; Tristan had, by this time, formed a friendship with both Mark and Joel due to their bands playing shows together.