LIMBS 20 September 2017
First off, this band is incredible. We've got a lot of ties to LIMBS at GFC but first and foremost, we're just huge fans. They super rad and down to run around Laguna Beach with us even though they had been on tour with Hail The Sun and Capsize for weeks and hadn't slept much the days leading up to it. Nonetheless, they were true champs and showed up to help us out. They're basically the faces of the company at this point which is rad! How'd that photoshoot line up? Well, about a year back, our friend Andrew Cramb at Royal Division Management was texting me about this new band he got introduced to. He said they were super heavy and he was checking the out at So What!? Fest in Dallas. He proceeded to send me videos of their set that night. I recall being super impressed by their live show which included incredible homemade lights and the band sounded great (even through an iPhone video recording). He was saying he thought they were really cool live and that they were super nice guys that grew up not too far from his hometown in Florida. He then sent over some songs that they had recently released and I think a few others that they were gearing up to roll out in the coming months. The songs reminded me of some of my favorites in heavy music from the past like The Bled's 'Pass The Flask' album and catalogs from Poison The Well and Underoath. I immediately punished Andrew to continually tell him how rad I thought the band was and kept asking him why he wasn't already working with them. He kept saying he'd like to get involved but was super busy and he was just getting to know the dudes. I reached out him about every 5 days for a few weeks and kept repeating myself. I think he got sick of it so he picked the band up. He proceeded to keep me in the loop with songs, tours, etc. At this point, I worked at Equal Vision Records and randomly, Francesca at EVR brought them up to me. She raved about how great the songs were completely unbeknownst that I also loved the songs. We immediately started talking to the band to get to know them a bit more, hear their plans and also learned that Tim from Underoath was a part of their growth from a producer and management stand point. I got to have lunch with Tim and Andrew at a killer brewery where we spoke about our love for the band and how we thought they were doing something really special in heavy music. Today, they announced that signing to Equal Vision and released a newly recorded version of their song "Poison" w/ a music video. I can't wait to see what this band continues to do and will always be a fan. -Johnny
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