Des Moines rockers Holy White Hounds will perform with Sleep Study and Pelvis at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Maintenance Shop.

Tickets are $7 with a student ID and $12 for the public, with a $2 increase the day of the show. Tickets can be purchased at the M-Shop box office or online via Midwestix. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. 

Holy White Hounds was formed by longtime friends Brenton Dean and Ambrose Lupercal, who had played in multiple music groups together beforehand.

Dean and Lupercal’s first notable group together was The Dig Angees, a surf rock band that lasted for five years.

The Dig Angees performed at the first two 80/35 Music Festivals and finished third in the nation in LG: Rally for Music Battle of the Bands in New York City, where it opened for Gym Class Heroes.

After Lupercal started attending the University of Iowa in 2010, The Dig Angees faded away and left Dean without a music project.

Dean recorded music under the name La Strange during this time. The group had more of a blues-rock influence with a rotating lineup and played only a few live shows before ultimately calling it quits.

Dean was reunited with Lupercal when he returned to Des Moines in 2011. Soon after, the two began jamming and writing again.

Holy White Hounds found its identity after writing two of its earlier songs, “In Your Skin” and “Switchblade,” both of which remain staples in the band’s live sets.

The band’s first EP, “Oh Mama,” was recorded with assistance from Envy Corps’ guitarist Brandon Darner.

Besides being from one of Iowa’s most notorious musical acts, Darner is also well-known for producing Imagine Dragon’s breakthrough single “It’s Time.”

Darner and the band recorded the group’s debut LP “Sparkle Sparkle” in 2015 and are now playing a short set of shows in support of the album.

Des Moines’ rock radio station LAZER 103.3 sponsored the band’s album release show in Des Moines at Wooly’s on Saturday. The show also featured other Iowa artists, including William J. Locker and Dylan Sires and Neighbors.

Sleep Study, a rock trio hailing from Minneapolis, will also perform. The band was named one of Minneapolis’ top bands by Paste Magazine, and its single “Flower Girl” was nominated for an Independent Music Award.

Ames’ punk/emo group Pelvis will open the show.

For more information, visit the M-Shop website and SUB website.