Artist of the Day | ON THE CINDER
ARTIST OF THE DAY
05.09.2020
ON THE CINDER
LOCATION
Buffalo, NY, USA
GENRE
Punk
CURRENT MEMBERS
Mike Jacobs
Jason Wright
Tyler Rzemek
With the current pandemic, the state of the music and touring industry has dramatically changed. Where were you when everything was brought to a halt?
Well... we finished up a tour in the middle of February, 2019. Mike jumped on a plane to vacation in New Zealand with his wife, at which point we never knew if he'd be coming back or not. He did finally make it back, but his car was stuck in Toronto, so he was driving the old tour bus around. Tyler and Jason live in the same house, so they remained in Buffalo, post-tour, entering into this strange new chapter.
How has that affected your plans for the coming months? Did you have a tour planned, upcoming album release?
Fortunately, we got in a tour of the southern US from January to February before the plague times. It was the first US tour of our latest album 'Lamplighter' which came out in September 2019. Check it out on Spotify or your preferred streaming service.
What have you been doing to fill/make the most of your new-found free time at home?
Tyler and Jay made a Rube Goldberg machine that feeds their cat. All three of us are essential workers and are lucky to have kept our jobs through all this. We've also been working on a new concept album that we hope will be out early next year.
What was the first thing you did/place you went to now the country is starting to slowly re-open?
Canada. No, just kidding. We wish though. America is still in rough shape so we are taking our time getting out and keeping tight social circles.
Favourite Starlite Room Moment?
We've yet to make it to Edmonton, but 2021 could be the time to head further west in Canada. Much love to Ontario and Quebec though! #pleaseletusin
Do you have a message for everyone at home reading this?
Take care of each other and support hard working venues.
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