REAL FRIENDS

It’s 10 AM. I’m sitting in my car drinking my first coffee of the day and smoking my first cigarette of the day. Today seems like every other day really. But I feel like I have deeper thoughts today. Thoughts of appreciation and reflection. I stared at the sky and disconnected myself from anything in my life that doesn’t seem right. I also thought about everything that this band has become.

I remember four years ago getting together with Dave and writing songs in his parent’s basement. We didn’t think much of it. But we could both agree that it felt right. I also remember time passing and writing more songs. We used to practice in a warehouse of my family’s old garden center every Friday night. This was way before we played many shows or even left the midwest. Most people we knew were out at bars or parties. And there we were playing the same songs over and over. Talking about everything we wanted to do with this band. We would literally play music until the sun came up. We would all go home and sleep til noon. I would wake up and feel a void filled in my life. All of my teen years I just wanted to play music with my best friends and have that be the only thing that mattered. At the age of twenty two I finally had that. And most importantly the people that I was playing music with felt the same way.

Time passed and we released more music and people started to care. If you’re reading this you may have been one of those people that cared. And as more time passed we started touring. We played music in places that I never thought we would. We played our songs for people I never thought would care. And of course the clock never stopped ticking. And as more time passed we saw ourselves touring and writing music full time. This band literally changed all of our lives. We kept touring and touring and writing and writing. We have been to multiple countries playing music. We have written songs that have been heard by way way more people than I ever thought they would. And most importantly people connected with the songs and the songs helped them.

I just wanted to write this to say thank you. We seriously love all of you. This band has indeed changed our lives. But without you it would have never happened. Any support you have given us means the world. We are still just give five dudes from the suburbs but we get to do what makes us happy. I feel like sometimes we don’t appreciate that enough. I never want to lose grip of that. We love you! This band is your band just as much as it is ours. Hope to see you all of you this year at a show. Thank you. Much love

- Kyle

Let’s get some questions going. I’m driving to Boston with Knuckle Puck and they’re boring.