Americana-style pop/rock from Colorado
The first time I saw The Heyday live was not even six months into their career, and I still felt like the only person in the room who didn't know all the words to their songs. And yet on the other hand, I felt (and still feel) that there's something within those songs I've always known. That's the first you need to know about The Heyday, just the fact that they're in some ways so ordinary, so down-to-earth, so accessible, it's actually captivating.
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The timing of this interview seemed kind of random, if not impulsive. I guess they're going out on tour, but they've been in and out of tours for months. I've been listening to The Heyday for, I don't know, at least a year and a half or something, and I've been going to their shows and following their updates throughout.
I'm guessing my sudden compulsion to ask them for an interview now has a lot to do with personal resonance. They're a band born of transitions, started the summer after graduation. Their MySpace aptly describes their sound as "The drive home with all your friends on the last night of summer." They are what happens when different goals disagree and dreamers keep on moving.
And that's exactly where I am now.
I fly out to Seattle in a few weeks for college, the most extended period of time I'll be away from the Rocky Mountains, the Mile High pride, the Queen City of the Plains, the cowboy clichés. It's the most extended period of time I'll be away from the people I've spent my life loving. And it's the richest time to feel new home and new relationships.
This dynamic of transitions is something that puts The Heyday at a constant volta. If change is the only real constant, then The Heyday has found a formula for timeless. Perhaps that's what makes this band so accessible, the fact that they are the product of something we all experience.
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