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04.17.10*v i d e o*
our ep release show
was a smashing success.
thank you to all who played
and even more
to all who came.
here's one of our newest songs
it was inspired by point break
it is called
cliffs on both sides
03.21.10
b r e a t h e
I can guarantee that today is a day that I will remember for the rest of my life.
James and I both began to play music eight years ago. I can clearly remember the first day we spoke of starting a band in the locker room of our ninth grade P.E. class. Music had already shaped us both in so many ways, but we had no idea what it had in store for us. We used to crudely fumble through covers of Tool's "Sober" and Stone Temple Pilots' "Plush" for hours on end, slowly but surely honing our technique.
It was absolutely terrible.
We eventually started writing our own music, with different combinations of great friends rotating through every possible role, but nothing ever worked. We changed singers and songwriters, names and styles, and it never felt right. When James had to move to the Virgin Islands with his mom, I thought he was never coming back. I felt crushed and hopeless, like everything we had worked towards would not be worth it anymore. I started this dream with him and didn't want to finish it with anyone else.
After a year though, he did return. Neither of us had any money and I swear it was the coldest damned winter I have ever experienced. Getting on our feet was a struggle that brought us closer together and cemented us as brothers for life. We began practicing our old songs, wrote a few new ones, and played our first show in more than a year and a half. That is how Chris stumbled into all of this.
By some odd chance, he arrived somewhat reluctantly at the little house show we played. Chris and I had played together in our orchestra back in high school, but hadn't seen each other since. James and I were looking for a bassist...and Chris was looking to learn. His passion for music matched, perhaps even surpassed our own, and he added the missing element we had been looking for all along.
The three of us have been together for almost four years now, writing, living and learning together as hellocharger. We have worked hard to create something that we could be proud of, something to show you who we are and why we love what we do. Nine years in the making and tracked, mixed and mastered in under twenty four hours, these eight songs are the collection we have entitled Breathe. This is but a brief chronicle of our journey together and it serves as a sample of the days of old as well as a glimpse of what is yet to come.
Enjoy.
-Grant [hellocharger]
03.19.10
a little piece of home
11.10.09
progress with the process
been working on two new songs
we call one baseball
and the other is like a horse
with no name
the blue moon show was
nothing short of amazing
no more setlists
they were holding us back
see you on the birthday of
BRIAN KIM
from GLADIATORS EAT FIRE?
the twenty~~fourthhh of
of november
the funhouse
checck the the shows
09.23.09
james hates the word "corn"
been floating this one around
played it live a couple times
thought you'd like a taste of pepper
09.23.09
systems engaging
we've been writing
getting tighter
like a vice
just came on to let y'all know
we're rocking the bit saloon twice
oct 12th & 15th
-grant
07.03.09
trespass
been sitting on this one
for some time now
just trying to ensure
that the lyrics were
quality
this is how i wrote them
-grant
06.27.09
counting down the days
so, today i played a show
at the ska house
[drums]
for my friend dave fisher
chad also told me
the art is soon to come
so i thought i would give you
a small taste of breathe
free download of zombies!
enjoy
and thank you
for your patience
and support
-grant
06.09.09
sunset, part ii
thank you to our friend sonia
for taking these photos.
thank you to those who came.
thank you to those who have heard
our new direction.
06.07.09
anxiety
its more than just
a paparoach song
its been so long since weve played
but we have new songs for you
and we still cant wait
to give you our ep
05.20.09
lena
it started as a tale of
desperation
now youll see whyyy
05.08.09
the sun sets again
04.20.09
it has been done
a tease of what we have done.
we need a masterer
to make it uniform
to fit
our friend chad will
be doing the art
you will get it
soon enough
04.02.09
soliloquy
its a conversation
with oneself
getting to know
who it is
you want to be
03.29.09
the beginning
we enter the studio today
only a few hours away
i am nervous.
this is a long time coming
-grant
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