About Us

Vanity Plate is a four-piece power pop band based out of North Dakota featuring Jazmine Schultz on bass and vocals, Zach Schultz on Guitar, Zach Mulholland (Mo) on guitar, and Connor Wentz on drums. With seven album releases and a decade worth of tunes under our belt, we love a raging basement show, DIY communities, and all ages spaces that make the dream go round. Concurrently, we dig bar gigs where the locals love original music. We'd love it if you talked with us about dogs, our favorite candy bars, and if you met us at the door with a fountain pop. Over the years we've had the pleasure to play with some greats: Screaming Females, Swearin, and Lung to name a few.  Our song Jay Every Day has been performed with a symphony at Community Rocks in Minot in 2024 and is featured on Joey on the Air's Coolest Bands From Each of the 50 States- North Dakota.

No stranger to pounding the pavement, we do a three week US tour once a year and try to release an album with the same frequency. We just released our first physical record (with an EP on each side): Year of the Shark (2024) and Garden Path (2025). 

This last year found us touring to the East coast and back, rating underrated candy bars on our socials and enjoying each other's company. Midwest emo? Riot gurl? Thin Lizzy inspired? Anthematic? The kids call us power pop. We're not sure what we've got goin on.. but we're glad to be doing it.