Some may have taken their car suddenly being engulfed in flames as a sign to call a friend and head back in the direction they came from. Instead, Bolinas continued west to do what he felt needed to be done. From Seattle to Los Angeles, he often drove the struggle bus in more ways than one. A relatable aspect for any adult void of a parent able to inject their account with the necessary funding. Years spent behind the bar in the City of Angels, Bolinas was moved by more than a few of the conversations with patrons to write a song or two. That includes, “U.L.B” from his 2022 release, ‘Heavy Easy Listening,’ out on October 7th. We talked about the fire, the struggles, the music, and more in this inspired back and forth. 

Kendra: Anyone who believed in signs would’ve just turned around when their car burst into flames in, of all places, South Dakota. What made you push yourself to continue west and head to Seattle? 

Bolinas: I’ve always put everything I had into music. I’ve never been one who can let go of dreams/goals easily; for better or worse. On every level, there are sacrifices to be made when you pursue a career such as this one. At the time, I thought that all of the sacrifices I’d made up to that point would have been in vain by just staying home. 

Call it stubbornness, call it impulsive, and maybe I had a little bit of a chip on my shoulder towards Kansas City at the time. Seattle had a real allure with its history in grunge, KEXP, and a lot of great bands hailing from there. I knew home would always be there and everything I had done had led up to seeing if I could go there and “make it.” 

Long story short, I didn’t haha and there were definitely many times I doubted if it was the right choice to continue. My friend Chris’ phone bill could attest to that. However, Bolinas wouldn’t have its namesake without an epic moment of doubt and near nervous breakdown while visiting Bolinas, CA in one of those times. I try to remember that joy and sorrow have a symbiotic relationship. As my friend would say, moments of great sorrow feel as if they’ll last forever, and as the joyful moments take hold, they can make sorrow seem like a speck in the distance. I had something to prove to myself, people back home, and that’s where I needed to go to grow as a songwriter.

Kendra: After Seattle, you headed south to Los Angeles and worked as a bartender. Having lived there 16 years myself, I can only imagine the wide array of conversations you were a part of and also just overhead. One, in particular, inspired your latest single, which we’ll get to, but aside from that chat – are there any others that sparked you to go home and write a song or two that perhaps we’ll hear on a future record? 

Bolinas: Like I’m sure a lot of musicians in this day and age do, I have endless notes in my phone of things I’ve seen, heard, felt… and actually, yes. I have several demos and a working title for the next record, which comes from listening to someone repeatedly mispronouncing the name of a road I frequently drove to go surfing. Beyond that, several themes are stemming from those old notes that I’d like to revisit in my current and future headspace.

Kendra: Back to the aforementioned conversation, it and your time behind the bar as a whole drove you to pen “U.L.B” and to me, this song feels like a coming-of-age track but on an adult level. We always see that term tossed at teens, but grown-ups still have a lot to learn in their 20s, 30s, and beyond. For you, what was that sort of turning point that made you realize, I don’t think I ultimately need that unnecessary last beer? 

Bolinas: I completely agree. I don’t think we’re ever done learning about our emotions and how to convey them in healthier ways. Unfortunately, and probably like many people, my alcohol consumption at that time could and sometimes still can be used as a barometer for when something’s wrong or bothering me; whether I’m aware of it or just know it subconsciously. 

As for a turning point, there are many precarious places I’ve woken up, unexplained wounds, and embarrassing voicemails/texts sent that could serve as that point. I’m very lucky to have some amazing friends and family members. Ones who can have the uncomfortable conversation need to get someone to stop torturing themself along with the understanding that hurt was in the driver’s seat. The realization that I had that kind of support from them was the turning point for me.

Kendra: You’ve noted that you dove into heartbreak on ‘Heavy Easy Listening’ but I was more drawn to the idea that you wrote of monetary struggles because as someone who went from the poor friend as a kid to the broke friend as an adult – I’m all for that representation. My mom always told me that because I had/have to work harder for the things in my life, I appreciate them more than those with privilege and silver spoons. Do you feel as if those years of working behind the bar did help you be more appreciative of what you eventually earned and could call your own?

Bolinas: I think that anyone who’s in the position of having to choose between survival and having “things” appreciates what they can manage to keep around. And “survival” looks very different from person to person. The service industry is a grind, but I think more so watching my dad struggle for years ingrained that sentiment in me. Especially in “U.L.B” the throes of being broke, or rather pretending you’re not, are referencing being that “broke friend.” The friend who’s living on a razor-thin budget that kind of shackles and doesn’t allow for any extravagance without exacting a heavy toll. That’s a lonely place.

Though I’m talking about struggling to keep things that aren’t essential to my survival, it’s comforting to not have to sell them to eat or stay housed. I chose to move to not one, but two of the most expensive places in the country. So many in this world don’t get that choice and have it far worse than having to sell a guitar or amp to make rent.

Kendra: Back to “U.L.B” for a second because we have to talk about the video, one that’s perfect for this time of year. With it being inspired by the found-footage horror genre, I’d love to know if you rolled up on a spooky house and went into the basement, what’s the one thing down that that’d scare you the most? 

Bolinas: For a while as a child, I lived at my uncle’s house in an old neighborhood in Kansas City. My cousins can attest to some strange happenings in that house, but ghosts fascinate me more than scare me. The place we shot the video is adjacent to a civil War skirmish/battleground. There’s definitely some spookiness going on out in those woods. I’m also intrigued by cryptids, notably Wendigos. 

As for something that scares me the most…Definitely being hunted or being corralled into a certain demise. ‘The Blair Witch Project’ scared the shit out of me when I was younger and embarrassingly enough, there was a time when our guitarist Mark and I truly believed Slender Man was real haha. The stalking aspect of it is what really gets me.

Kendra: So when COVID hit you packed up and headed back to Kansas City and eventually started working on this record with some local musicians. How does the music scene in KC differ from out in LA? 

Bolinas: On a smaller scale, it’s very much the same. We lack the numbers in population and venues, but like LA, there are a lot of really talented, hard-working people here in KC making this music scene better every day. Our local station 90.9 The Bridge, KKFI, Manor Records, The Record Bar, Mini Bar to name a few; all help local bands and artists continue to breathe life into this scene. 

It’s really exciting to see bands from here starting to emerge from the veil of “flyover country.” 

My bandmate Ian Dobyns is involved in outreach for kids who want to learn about the different parts of the music industry; The tour manager for my old band, Casey, is now head of operations for The Truman and several if not all of their sister venues in the midwest…It’s exciting to see people that worked so hard, for so long to make this scene a better one, in positions to keep it that way. 

Kendra: It’s time for a not-so-side note, but with it being spooky season, I’d love for you to share your favorite movie to watch around Halloween – could be scary, funny, or a little of both!

Bolinas: I’m kind of a baby when it comes to horror movies, so I’m gonna go with Hocus Pocus haha.

Kendra: Lastly, with ‘Heavy Easy Listening’ out on October 7th, do you have plans in the works for 2023 as far as touring is concerned? 

Bolinas: Definitely. We’ll be posting some dates in the next couple of months.

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Kendra: Tammy, what pushed you to start creating this and that back in 2014?

Tammy: I have always loved creating and crafting since I was little. I’m a self-taught graphic designer and have worked in a sign shop and doing graphics for a beer distributor in the past.

Unfortunately, I had to stop my graphic design job due to chronic pain from a spinal cord injury; I was in an auto accident in my teens. I went through a phase of being depressed and feeling inadequate. On my journey of trying to heal past those emotional and physical traumas, I found crystals and the metaphysical world. It gave me new hope.

I began crafting things at home as a hobby again. Then it turned into a hobby business, making and selling to friends and family. I am still a work in progress but I feel that I had an awakening of sorts once I found crystals and the spiritual community. It has changed my life for the good, in so many ways.

Kendra: From witch vibes to New Age crystals, the aesthetic of The Spirit Den reminds me of one of my favorite friends growing up. My little goth Megan, always in black even in 100-degree weather. Was that your style growing up? Goth, alternative?

Tammy: Well, inside I was always attracted to the goth style and all things witchy. I dressed as a witch on Halloween, year after year. I grew up in a very rural area and went to a small school where the goth style was not popular. Needless to say, I felt out of place and I didn’t get to dress and express myself the way I would have wanted.

If I could have, it definitely would have been all black clothing, leather jackets, lace-up boots, flaming red hair, and some badass crystal goth style jewelry. Now that I’m older, I do have the red hair and my wardrobe consists of black, black and more black. My esoteric, goth style labradorite coffin ring is one of my favorite witchy pieces to wear every day now.

Kendra: Tammy started this while Alex was doing his thing in IT. After a quarter of a century working in the same field, were you ready to start a new chapter or was there some hesitancy towards going all-in on The Spirit Den?

Alex: I had been ready to do something different for quite a while. At first, I didn’t quite know what that something different was but I knew if I did not exit the toxic corporate environment I was in, I was headed for a meltdown physically and mentally.

For the first few months, I did absolutely nothing but spend time with Tammy, read, play guitar and catch up on classic movies. While I was decompressing, Tammy would get orders now and then, and I slowly became more interested in what she was doing.

Once my mind was clear, I finally realized that Tammy’s creations were really resonating with people and if we could just get her products in front of a larger audience, we could really make a go of it. If we were going to give it a try, this was the perfect time to do it. Our daughter had just graduated from college and was well on her own path. After all, if it didn’t work out I could always go back to the grind and at least I got to rest for a few months. After some soul searching, we decided to give it one year and see what happens.

When we officially went full time in May of 2016 it snowballed quickly and by the end of 2016, we were self-sustaining. Yes, I was a little hesitant, but the opportunity was literally pounding on the door and all I had to do was be brave enough to open it.

Kendra: Nevertheless, you’re both admirable. I love and appreciate anyone passionate about what they’re doing. Which, you both do now from your home studio. What are some challenges you faced early on that you’ve since overcome in terms of working from home and what advice do you have for those still on the fence about starting a business in the same field?

Tammy & Alex: When you work from home the hardest part is setting a work type schedule. Trying to have some resemblance of a work/life balance so that you don’t burn yourself is something you really have to do…

Finding the right e-commerce platform. We started on Etsy, which was great because people go to Etsy specifically to shop. We now have our own website, and we are thankful that it’s doing quite well. Being seen and finding your audience is a challenge in the beginning. You have to start a social media account and put yourself out there. Instagram has helped us along the way. We love to engage with our followers and have made some wonderful friends through the IG platform.

Also, something we learned that is important is to keep your work and personal finances separate. Invest in some type of business accounting software to keep track of your gains and losses. It also makes tax season much easier.

Our advice to others thinking about starting their own business would be, go for it! If you don’t try then you will always wonder “what if!” It’s not always easy, there will be challenges but you have to keep moving forward and learn from those challenges. Lastly, stay in your passion and have fun with it!

Kendra: We can find all the wonderful items you offer online but do you ever take things on the road and do craft fairs, comic cons? I feel like you’d kill at a convention.

Tammy & Alex: We have done a few fairs and shows in the past and enjoyed them. They can be a lot of work with pre-making inventory, setting up displays, etc. With Tammy’s physical challenges we have decided it’s probably better to shy away from them for now. The good news is that our online sales keep us so busy we don’t feel like we are missing out or have to do them. We prefer going to local fairs and enjoying them as guests.

Kendra: For fun, if Mr. Leo and Miss Izabel ran things for a day – what would be the first product they designed for The Spirit Den?

Tammy & Alex: This question literally made us laugh out loud. If Izzy and Leo were in charge, it would be chaos! Since they are really food motivated, they would probably design some type of bottomless feeder covered in mice toys and feathers for cats around the world.

Kendra: With 2020 fast approaching, are you two gearing up for any new collections we can keep an eye out for?

Tammy & Alex: Right now we are in “holiday mode.” Prepping for the holiday season is a little time consuming, all the while trying to keep up with everyday orders. We are always adding new designs and products to our shop but keep an eye out, 2020 may bring some actual crystals into the mix!

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Daniel Drake was doing anything to make his job at a diner interesting when pancake art took his life down an unexpected path. Then, thanks to the business savvy Hank Gustafson, Dancakes went from something insanely cool to look at to a well-oiled machine. Along the way, they picked up a creative crew and we even got to talk to Ben Daniel and Dana Baldus about the underdog triumph of Dancakes, batter mistakes, and just how they’re continuing to grow their pancake art empire.

Kendra: When it comes to Dan and Hank, where do you feel each of you would be today without the other? Because it seems as if you’re the perfect pairing of creative bliss and business know-how.

Daniel Drake: I often joke that without Hank I’d be in an alley somewhere, wondering what might’ve been! I’m a bit of an eccentric and I read a lot of books on metaphysics, and I can’t help but look at me and Hank as a naturally successful creative union. I have a lot of very strange ideas and Hank has the pragmatic wisdom needed to help me bring them back to earth and figure out how we can make them happen. Simon Sinek, the author, and motivational speaker talks about such pairings in his book, Start With Why, suggesting that great organizations have a “Why” guy – someone with vision – and a “How” guy – someone with the discipline to bring that vision to life. Hank is definitely my “How” guy.

Hank Gustafson: So I would definitely not be doing anything close to what we do with Dancakes. Before I met Dan I was working for my father’s construction company full-time. He had every intention of having me take over the “family” business. I would work both on the field and in the office, which is how I learned how to run a business. I met Dan near the tail-end of my construction career and once Dan got attention for the pancake art via Reddit and Today. I saw he was struggling to figure out how to structure a business out of the newfound demand for pancake art. People would call asking him if he did events and he would say “yes” and figure “how to” later. I stepped in as a friend to help him and it was rough in the beginning but we both slowly figured out how to streamline to process and make Dancakes what it is today. P.S. My dad is now super thrilled in what I do and tells his friends any chance he can haha!

Kendra: When people think of art and food, their minds often gravitate towards desserts or those fancy plates in expensive restaurants that would never leave you full. Pancakes though? Not so much. How does it feel to play a critical role in bringing a new form of creativity and art into food?

Daniel Drake: Oh, it’s surreal! If you’d told me ten years ago that I’d be playing a “critical role in bringing a new form of creativity and art into food,” I’d have laughed at you in disbelief. I am so grateful to social media, and the universe as a whole, for putting me into such an unpredictably fantastic niche. It’s also very liberating to be sort of on the forefront of a creative medium because it can grow any number of directions. Sometimes it’s intimidating not to have a road map of possibilities laid out…but usually, it’s a good thing. Who knows where pancake art will be in a few years?

Hank Gustafson: Pancakes is a food most people have eaten, made, or at the very least are familiar with. Having done hundreds of events over the years and meeting many different people, one thing that a lot of them bring up is that they remember either their parents or grandparents making simple pancake art for them when they were kids. Mickey Mouse ears, dinosaurs or hearts.

Kendra: More so than the pancake art, which is amazing, I freaking love the origin stories of each and every member of the Dancakes team. It’s like a beautiful underdog movie in many ways. All these creative minds were wondering what else life had in store and then bam, pancakes! With that, if you had to pick a notable underdog to create an official Dancake out of that best represents your particular origin story, which would it be and why?

Daniel Drake: That’s an interesting question. I had to think about it for a little bit, but…Anthony Bourdain. I felt quite a kinship with him. I feel like I got lucky and pulled into the spotlight earlier than him, but if not for this viral pancake art development, my life would’ve looked a lot like his. I probably would’ve bummed around, done drugs, lived dangerously, and then, assuming it hadn’t killed me, written a book about all my mistakes (I’ve made plenty already, anyway). Bourdain was 44 before he became well-known for writing Kitchen Confidential; I was just a schmuck at a diner whose creative spark accidentally landed me a whole new career.

Ben Daniel: Ben Hogan. One of the greatest golfers of all time, possibly the best, even Tiger Woods says he strives to get to the place of control and consistency that Ben Hogan possessed. He had no reason to be as good as he was, he spent many years as a club pro and couldn’t cut it on the tour. So, he spent years dissecting his swing, finding his mistakes and correcting them until he became one of the greatest golfers that ever lived. He’s a testament to the grind and hard work it takes to get good at anything and the idea that any skill can be learned and improved if you’re dedicated to putting in the hours it takes to get there. Someone once asked Ben Hogan what to do about the blisters he was getting under his calluses from spending so much time on the range. His response? “Make them go to the bone.”

Dana Baldus: That’s a good question… it’s hard for me to settle on one person, but I have a huge amount of respect for anyone who made it in their career without the need for higher education, who instead worked their way up in their industry. My mind goes to Bill Gates, Steve Jobs… anyone who took the non-typical route and innovated regardless; who were crazy and creative enough to dream big, chase that dream and change the game because of it. I always thought I had to go to college despite not feeling like I needed to, so I’m beyond thrilled that I was given the opportunity to take on the world’s silliest job, and sillier still, to excel at it. Because why not? Life is ridiculous, might as well enjoy it– especially when it hurls you into the pancake circus.

Kendra: I think most of us hear drawing with batter and think, well…cartoons, right? Which yes, you all do a wide variety of animated characters but minds are equally as blown with the detailed work you do on actual human faces like the late Stan Lee, John Krasinski’s Jim Halpert, and even Jimi Hendrix. How much trial, error and cake batter goes into perfecting human faces?

Dana Baldus: Faces are insanely difficult to replicate accurately because of our obnoxiously face-obsessed brains. There are 7.5 billion of us running around, and we have brains built to tell even the most similar of faces apart. This is great for humankind, but for a portrait artist in a clunky medium like pancake batter…? Oof. It took me a long time to understand the intricacies of depicting specific faces, and it still feels like there’s a lot of trial and error. From the fact that adding in one additional wrinkle can take someone from looking forty to looking sixty, to the curious occurrence that making someone’s features even a millimeter out of place can, at best, make them look like someone else, and at worse, come off as offensive (“Hey, my nose isn’t that big!”). Luckily, with our artform, mistakes are delicious… so sorry that your portrait looks more like Joe Biden, but please take your free food and enjoy your face!

Ben Daniel: I always tell people, “You know how they say it takes 10,000 hours to master something? In this case, it’s 10,000 pancakes.” As with any skill you will never be perfect and you should expect to make mistakes, lots and lots of them. The trick to it all is learning to see your mistakes, to see where you can improve. I guarantee you that every pancake I flip over I immediately see what could have been better, even the ones that I think are great are not perfect, and they never will be. I probably won’t tell the person whose face I just drew what those mistakes are, but I will take a mental note, and as long as I can see my mistakes I can fix them and improve. If you aren’t able to see your mistakes you’re going to have a bad time.

Daniel Drake: Honestly I probably ought to sketch faces out more often before I draw them! I usually knock portraits out on the first go. I’m very lazy, and pancake art can be kind of unforgiving if you don’t do everything right the first time. Once you get a system together and start to learn how much contrast and what kinds of colors go into making a realistic portrait, it becomes just another pancake. I will say, though, that it took a lot of failure and uncertain experiments to get as good as we’ve gotten. You just have to sort of throw yourself at a task over and over again, over time, and eventually, you kinda figure it out.

Kendra: Just as I was thinking about pancake art and how it only lasts until the first bite, I came across Permanent Pancakes. That’s something that is coming soon…how soon and can you tell us more about that?

Daniel Drake: Yeah! We’re very excited about this. We’ve been doing some experiments to meaningfully preserve our pieces for almost five years, I think. One of the most common comments we hear from our fans and guests is that our work is too beautiful to eat, so we’ve been brainstorming a preservation method to accommodate this. In the last few months, we feel like we stumbled upon a dependable system, drying the piece, sealing it, building a frame and sinking it in resin, and we can now confidently manufacture pancake art for walls that will, conceivably, last forever. I have just recently hung my own work on my wall at home for the first time in my life! It’s an amazing feeling. We’re extending our studio to include an area for producing more of these pieces so that we can get into gallery showings, and maybe even tour with some of our most popular pieces.

Kendra: Other than creating pancakes that’ll last forever, what else is on the plate for Dancakes as we head deeper into 2019, and soon 2020?

Daniel Drake: Well! We’re going to be releasing a home pancake art kit, so that’s a big deal. That’ll be out before the holidays this year. I’m currently trying to talk the team into a Dancakes food truck or restaurant. We’re looking into doing regular, proper classes, doing a Bob Ross-style web series, podcasts, all kinds of stuff. I’d also like to write a book about how we’ve gotten where we are, and find a literary agent to help promote it and tell our weird, zany story. Life is short! I want to do it all.

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Kendra: From music to art, it’s clear you’re a creative person. Has that always been the case? Did you grow up drawing this and that while tapping your markers to a beat?

Nate Jones: Actually my first drawing was fan art ironically enough! I was maybe three when, after watching ET (on VHS plugged into a TV with tubes in 1987…I’m ancient) I clicked the tv off and went at it with some pencils and apparently had a very decent representation using two colors, meaning slightly more detail in my two analogous blobs than most kids my age!

Kendra: When it comes to your Etsy store, you’ve been doing pretty good for yourself in the past few years. What pushed you towards going online and selling art in that manner?

Nate Jones: It felt like a natural progression from selling prints in person. To reach out to some of the Instagram followers who wanted to purchase my pieces.

Kendra: I think I first saw your art on the Bob’s Burgers Instagram. I know it was Instagram (Note: It was definitely the Bob’s Burgers’ Instagram). Anyways, it was a Famous Hair Line piece. Where did the idea for that come from and who was your first character?

Nate Jones: The first version of this I did on a whim for my dad’s 65th birthday. I had a really detailed drawing of his poofy coif and a Fu Manchu mustache with a very aesthetically different font (far more ornate than my current selection of bebas neue). He loved it and I thought it may be something I could turn into a commissionable service for people’s loved ones. I put that service up on Etsy but no one bit. So I put it on the back burner until David Bowie’s birthday came up months later. I had the idea to change up the appearance of this concept and within four hours had a minimal version with a different font that I posted on social media only to get overwhelmingly positive feedback on. I booked my first con shortly after and had my first 24 pieces within months.

Kendra: With Famous Hair Lines you have an endless well to pull from. Do you feel like you’re creating a brand if you will with these designs?

Nate Jones: Absolutely, I’m quickly approaching number 100 and don’t plan on stopping any time soon!

Kendra: I see you’re doing conventions. Will you be at LA Comic Con this October?

Nate Jones: Unfortunately I will not! I really want to hit up more spots in California. I’ve only exhibited in San Francisco and Oakland thus far!

Kendra: When it comes to cycling, is there any part of that world that ties in with your art world?

Nate Jones: In terms of finding fun cities to do both in. I often have a) be the only person in the vehicle I’ve driven so as to have room for my road bike and b) have extra time to hit up bike trails…but I’ve had some great rides Charlotte, NC and Denver, Colorado as well as Chicago, IL!

Kendra: Can you tell the people what you have going on in the next few months? New designs? Conventions?

Nate Jones: I will be hitting up Imaginarium’s Wisconsin Comic Con in Milwaukee at the end of June, RTX 2019 at the beginning of July, Imaginarium’s Atlanta Comic Con July 12th-14th, Boston Fan Expo in August FanX in Salt Lake City in September!

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A number of years ago you couldn’t walk five feet at Warped Tour without seeing a t-shirt defending pop punk. Today Warped is a memory but there are still bands out there defending the genre and building it up stronger than it ever was before. One of them being Kansas City’s own Keep True. Still surprised by the love and support of their latest singles, they’re looking forward to what’s to come in 2019.

Kendra: With a love of pop-punk that predates the Hot Topic days of the early ’00s, who are some of the bands that got you to where you are today?

Keep True: Our biggest influences have definitely been Green Day and Blink-182. That’s the stuff we grew up on and originally sucked us into this genre. As well as the early days of Sum-41 and New Found Glory which came a little later!

Kendra: What are some elements you’ve taken from that era in an effort to get back to those days of bands like The Descendents on Digging Up Bones?

Keep True: We just put a big focus on keeping the drums fast and upbeat, the riffs simple and catchy, the structure basic and familiar, and the vocals memorable. Bringing in the old school pop-punk sound wasn’t anything forced or wasn’t something we really had to try to do, it was just all we really knew. We hadn’t heard much of the modern sound of pop-punk until after we had written most of these songs.

Kendra: Digging Up Bones does play into the more modern era of the genre with songs of growing up. Much like Real Friends and The Wonder Years. All of you take on the idea of growing up as adults which in a world where millennials are forever struggling, what do you feel is the biggest hurdle for adults today?

Keep True: The biggest hurdle is trying to balance doing things you love to do with doing things you are supposed to do. Time stops for nothing and no one. So balancing happiness and survival seems to get more difficult the older you get.

Kendra: With “Deal with It” you’re diving into a more somber topic, breakups. What’s the first sign you feel is a telltale that a relationship is said and done?

Keep True: When you start to feel like you don’t really know them. You can see them or yourself change. You can feel a loss of interest from one side or both, there’s just a shift, a feeling of emptiness.

Kendra: When will we be hearing these songs live?

Keep True: We have played a few shows so far around Kansas City. Don’t have any more lined up as of right now.

Kendra: Lastly, tell the people what you currently have going on!

Keep True: Currently, we are just trying to develop a plan for the band over the next year. We didn’t expect these songs to make it even past our friend groups. So the response and support been amazing and honestly a little shocking! Then continue to spread our music as best we can!

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