The good folks at Richmond’s own Avers spoke with the TD recent about their South By South West experience and it’s an interesting read.
The good folks at Richmond’s own Avers spoke with the TD recent about their South By South West experience and it’s an interesting read.
It’s been a good year + for Avers – they opened for the crowd-funded Foo Fighters show at the National, dropped their debut album Empty Light last April, put out two music videos 9/2014’s ‘Empty Light’ and this month’s ‘Evil’, played numerous national festivals.
Well 2015 certainly isn’t a slow year for the band, check out some of the hight lights of the TD interview below, and head over to the full story here:
The band played six 30-minute sets at the music festival, featuring songs from their debut album, “Empty Light,” and new songs from an in-progress album.
But it was one SXSW Spotlight performance that put the Richmond band in front of industry heavy-hitters, including the writers from The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone critic David Fricke.
“That was the one that felt really amazing. It was like a small house-party type of club. There was an awesome energy in the room,” guitarist and singer Adrian Olsen said Monday. He was just about to get in the van after playing a set in Birmingham, Ala. The band wrapped up its biggest tour to date this week and is now headed back to Richmond.
Avers members come from some of Richmond’s biggest and most successful bands, with Olsen and Alexandra Spalding of Hypercolor, Charlie Glenn of The Trillions, James Mason of The Mason Brothers, James Lloyd Hodges of Farm Vegas and Tyler Williams from Seattle’s The Head and The Heart.
The band has five lead singers, with everyone playing different instruments and taking their turn behind the microphone.
