By Will McGuirk

“There are seven million reasons not to play music, share music, open yourself to listeners, to be vulnerable. So much of our society simultaneously values and depends on art but then sets extremely limited parameters on how / what art is valued. I see many artists struggling with this dilemma and more and more putting down their instruments, and be an extension of their voices / perspectives. This is a problem. Support art. support ethical expression. Sit with ideas that you may not understand. Feel along.” - Andrew Morrison, Echoes Of. . . .

“I was reflecting on where I’d been and trying to make sure I understood how I'd gotten to where I was. It’s really a call to action to myself. To embrace the new familiar before it became just another ghost of something that once was. Life had moved on, and it was time I did, too.” - Andrew Shaver, Clever Hopes

“The songs themselves come from a very earnest place and they are really extensions of who we are. Sometimes we hide those emotions with a lot of noise and sonic energy, while other times we leave them raw and bare.” - Paul Banwatt, RAA