BicycleCrasher

I remember finding you guys on iTunes when looking at some Hey Rosetta in 2008. Listened to a couple tracks and immediately bought the Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia album. It became the soundtrack of my life for the next 2 years. It wasn't until late 2009 when a co-worker recognized my jams blaring at work, and she threw me a copy of Islands Disappear. Next soundtrack.

And so it went. Then when the New Brighton EP was about to drop, Spring of 2011, and you guys did a tour stop at Emo's in Austin, TX. I started talking to Tyler, he asked me where I was from, and I told him I drove from my college town, College Station. He thought it was super cool that I drove that far to come see them on a Tuesday night. He told me they couldn't sell the New Bright EP in Canada yet, but it was cool to sell them in the States, but he wouldn't let me pay for the CD. He gave it to me. Some weird locals started that night, but We Are The City opened for these guys. Those guys were the shit, and when the concert was ending with Goodnight, Moon (easily the best way to end a concert ever), these skinny bearded Canadians joined these other whale-y Canadians and everybody was just going crazy. The crowd was pretty chill though.

After giving me the EP, Tyler introduced me to Ben, with whom I talked about Dr Pepper, because they had gone through Waco, home of Dr Pepper.

Skip ahead to Spring of 2013. I email Tyler and see if he wants to swing through Bryan, TX and play a house show. He says he'll talk to people about it.

I get nothing for weeks.

Then, a couple weeks before one of the possible dates, I get an email from Tyler. He says they're game, and "what was the date for the house show again?" I tells him when it is, and we're all-go.

Day of house show (greatest day ever) -

They pull up with their van and trailor. I meet Tyler, Jayce, Ben, Spencer, Nathan, their manager, who's name escapes me (I feel bad because I've gotten drunk with the man), and another guy that was touring with the band. We get everything set up and run a sound check. Tyler looks over and asks, "Lincoln, is there a song that we have to play or you'll kill yourself?"

"Government Heart". Didn't drop a beat.

I'm running around making sure my home-stereo-turned-live-PA was working, which it wasn't. I had the beat the shit out of it to get it to stop hissing.

Tyler calls out and says they can't play Government Heart during the show, but they'll play it right now.

Fantastic.

Said the Whale was playing my favorite song for me in my backyard. Just me. Talk about a badass moment.

We go through the concert, which was awesome, I buy some vinyl and get signatures, and Tyler and Jayce leave, because they're tired. Spence, Ben, and Nathan stayed and we partied all night. The guys even met my neighbors.

Called them a cab, and got them to their hotel.

No real question here, just wanted to say hi to you guys.

You guys are the best. I just need to get you to come back to Texas.

I'm sorry, you just said legal calculus. You just blew my mind. What is it, where can I learn about it, and does ConLaw involve a lot of it?

This was one of the major arguments against the Bill of Rights in the first place. In fact, it's why we have the 9th Amendment.

I like our shyster's answer better.