Hello Everyone!

Gibson here with a first blog post/update!

Just wanted to share a little bit about how things have been for the band these past few weeks. October contained the musically busiest week of my life, where across different projects I played 6 consecutive nights at different venues. It was honestly spectacular, but absolutely stressful and exhausting! I have to get used to this if i want this to be my life going forward.

I don't think I have to worry after how I handled this weekend though. We just played our first official out of town show at Swarthmore College for a student event (it was super dope and paid pretty dang well), and immediately left Philly the next morning to open up a really great Club Cafe gig with Zack Keim and Gardener, two acts that I was honored to share the stage with. I was like a live wire from the moment I woke up to when i finally fell asleep both long days.

The morning before leaving from Pittsburgh for Swarthmore, I did a version of Michael's Sword solo on WDVE, and I'm really happy with how it went. Apparently a lot of folks reported being blown away by the tune, and one guy even pulled his car over and was "flabbergasted" by the performance. Lol. Love it.

Lots of progress! The band feels more confident and musically literate than ever, which I think really came across at both our out-of-town and hometown shows this past weekend. We've entered an era where I can just call some structural change out off-mic and it'll just roll on like it was always meant to happen. The band has a character of it's own, sounds feel seperated and intentional. The songs are getting closer and closer to my vision.

Vocally, I've felt stronger every day. I've even been trying to keep up with vocal excercises, which I think my 16 year old self would be absolutely bewildered by. In an attempt to become a more and more impressive live singer, these last two shows were played entirely in a half-step down drop-tuning, which allowed me to be freer and more acrobatic than I've ever felt. My songs are starting to move a lot of people, and I can't help wanting more and more and more. I crave that feeling, the one that walks the fine line between total awe and raw human connection. I feel the need to bare the soul to these strangers, and I think I may have been born with that desire. I'm more and more grateful for my bandmates every day, and to my parents for installing this seemingly endless fountain of love and passion I am lucky enough to drink from every morning, and to my creator for instilling me with this deep-seated, all encompassing need, that permeates my being and rolls in waves from my chest when the lights strand me in these alien, rapt rooms

Anyhow. Thank you for listening. Keep an eye out for more blog posts.