Last summer in Portland, we (the Alley Art krew) were hanging out at an impromptu Portugal. The Man gig. After a few drinks, I worked up the courage to go and talk to John Gourley, one of the members of PTM, about possibly showing up at our #alleyartPDX event the next day.
He graciously listened and wrote down our details, explaining that he'd likely be on a flight to California the next day but he'd try and make it. His friend at the table introduced himself, Brandon, and said he was also a musician and would try to stop by and enjoy the artistic collaboration. I thanked both of them, and later in the night I bumped into Brandon again and we exchanged cards.
The next day came and went without a visit from either gent (actually it was a rainy Sunday, and our least-attended event on the tour. Boo Portland, boo). We rolled out of town and headed towards Montana/Minnesota, listening to our roadtrip CDs.
On one of those CDs was a little song called Weekend by Priory, a band from Portland. After we left Portland, I decided to look up Priory online and see what other songs they had, if they had an album etc... I found photos of the twosome and realised, "holy crap it's that guy Brandon from the bar in Portland!"
Since then I've been following their rise with a performance on Jimmy Kimmel and an EP released last autumn. This song, Put Em Up, is from that EP and is currently on my list of favourite jams:
He graciously listened and wrote down our details, explaining that he'd likely be on a flight to California the next day but he'd try and make it. His friend at the table introduced himself, Brandon, and said he was also a musician and would try to stop by and enjoy the artistic collaboration. I thanked both of them, and later in the night I bumped into Brandon again and we exchanged cards.
The next day came and went without a visit from either gent (actually it was a rainy Sunday, and our least-attended event on the tour. Boo Portland, boo). We rolled out of town and headed towards Montana/Minnesota, listening to our roadtrip CDs.
On one of those CDs was a little song called Weekend by Priory, a band from Portland. After we left Portland, I decided to look up Priory online and see what other songs they had, if they had an album etc... I found photos of the twosome and realised, "holy crap it's that guy Brandon from the bar in Portland!"
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| Brandon Rush, right, & Kyle Sears |
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