Chapter 143: "Learning To Swim By Being Thrown Into The Pool" ...as read by Jack O'Shea

Jack's very first, "real" studio experience was with J Robbins. Not a bad way to start! Bayside completed their contract with Victory Records without any drama, came through the other side of a horrific van crash, and is still making today! Jack also released his first solo ep in February because Ethan Luck told him to (more or less).

Huge shoutout to Jamie Arthurs for getting me in touch with Jack (and Nathan Gray).

Jack's solo ep - https://jackoshea.bandcamp.com/releases

Bayside - https://baysidemusic.bandcamp.com/

Chapter 143 Music:

Bayside - "I've Been Dead All Day"

Bayside - "Masterpiece"

Bayside - "WInter"

Bayside - "Not Fair"

Jack O'Shea - "If I Didn't Have You Around"

Fugazi - "Margin Walker"

As The Story Grows links:

Chapter 142: "Happy People Don't Make Other People Miserable" ...as read by Nathan Gray

Nathan put out a solo record in January called Feral Hymns. It's a record about healing. Nathan has moved passed anger and abuse and is using music to tell a story as therapy. Nathan discusses the many bands that eventually led him to front BoySetsFire and why it took him so long to release a solo record, and playing in a cave.

Feral Hymns: https://endhitsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/feral-hymns

Nathan Gray on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathangraymusic/

Chapter 142 Music:

BoySetsFire - "Savage Blood"

BoySetsFire - "After the Eulogy"

Nathan Gray - "Echoes"

Nathan Gray - "Damascus"

BoySetsFire - "Fall From Grace"

As The Story Grows links:

Chapter 141: "I Can't Ever Say That That's It" ...as read by Adam Morgan

Hopesfall returned this year with a stellar new record called Arbiter. Adam Morgan joined me to talk about a once in a lifetime studio opportunity for his high school band, why he left before A Types, and his recent obsession with vinyl (seriously, check out his instagram page!). Adam also hints about the future of Hopesfall. Sometimes you feel like you made an instant friend and that's what it was like talking to Adam.

Hopesfall: https://www.facebook.com/HopesfallOfficial

Adam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/purgeb4ubinge

Chapter 141 Music:

Hopesfall - "Faint Object Camera"

One Amazing Kid - "Summer Time Song"

Hopesfall - "The Broken Heart Of A Traitor"

Hopesfall - "The End Of An Era"

Hopesfall - "Waitress"

Hopesfall - "The Ones"

The Get Up Kids - "Action and Action"

As The Story Grows links:

Chapter 140: "It's Going To Sound Like Me" ...as read by Josiah Bibb

Some musicians are so gifted that they can pick up an instrument to fill a need and become proficient rather quickly. Josiah is one of those musicians. From picking up bass to help at church, to playing guitar in a band because bass and drums were already taken, Josiah has channeled those experiences into Sollunar. Josiah and I talk about what makes someone in the early twenties start collecting cd's and what defines post rock anyway.

Sollunar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sollunarmusic/

Sollunar Bandcamp: https://sollunar.bandcamp.com/

Sollunar's I & II on CD: https://sbrecords.storenvy.com/products/19667260-sollunar-i-ii-cd

Chapter 140 Music:

Sollunar - "Empath"

Showbread - "Oh! Emetophobia!"

Toska - "Finn"

Toska - "Proposition"

Sollunar - "Permafractions"

Sollunar - "Cardinal"

Sollunar - "Formation (B) Endeavor"

Sollunar - "Formation (C) Repose"

As The Story Grows links:

Chapter 139: "From A Young Age" ...as read by Justin Mank

Justin's parents took him to see artists like Eric Clapton and U2 starting at the age of 10. As a teenager he started booking touring acts to come play St Louis. Not Waving But Drowning spent so much time on the road that they didn't get to write the record that would've been released by Solid State. None the less, the band has new material in the works, as well as a side project, and a solo effort from Justin!

Not Waving But Drowning on Bandcamp: https://nwbdstl.bandcamp.com/releases

Flow Clinic on Bandcamp: https://flowclinic.bandcamp.com/releases

Two Hands|One Engine on Bandcamp: https://2h1e.bandcamp.com/releases

Chapter 139 Music:

Not Waving But Drowning - "Everything vs Nothing

Not Waving But Drowning: "Somewhere Away"

Not Waving But Drowning: "Feeding The Half-Wits"

Not Waving But Drowning: "Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed"

Two Hands|One Engine: "Rainbow Room"

As The Story Grows links:

Chapter 138: "Might As Well Just Try It" ...as read by Lauren Rearick

Lauren Rearick has written CNN Opinion, Teen Vogue, The Fader, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, Travel + Leisure, Huffington Post, Bandcamp Daily and many others. She was the editor at Views & Voices, a magazine for women in Western Pennsylvania. In 2016, she received a Professional Keystone Press Award. But music is her passion so in 2013 Lauren launched The Grey Estate as a way to combat the marginalization of female and non-binary voices in the music journalism industry. Lauren discusses discovering independent music from The OC, throwing a SXSW "party", and taking a fresh approach to covering music.

The Grey Estates: http://www.thegreyestates.com/

The Grey Estates on Bandcamp: https://thegreyestatesblog.bandcamp.com/

Chapter 138 Music:

Ahem - "Sweet Tooth"

Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"

Phantom Planet - "California

Oso Oso - "Reindeer Games"

Vomitface - "Mad Sugar"

As The Story Grows links:

Chapter 137: "The Future Is Not What It Used To Be"... as ready by Bryan Patton

What's up everyone! It's the dawn of a new era here at As The Story Grows and I know that comes with some uncertainty about what the podcast will look like going forward. This podcast gives you the history of how I got involved in the podcast and what my goal is going forward. Short and sweet!

Bryan on Urban Achiever: http://www.urbanachievershow.com/bryan-patton

Echo Broke Alone (Bryan's music project): https://echobrokealone1.bandcamp.com/

Chapter 137 Music:

Hopesfall - "Waitress"

Slingshot Dakota - "Paycheck"

As The Story Grows links:

Chapter 136: "Hand it down and walk away" ...as read by Trav

Hey gang. It is with both pleasure and sorrow that I am being interviewed on my own show. My very good friend Jeremy Hunt asked if he could flip the script and interview me. His timing couldn't have been more perfect. This will be my last podcast for ATSG and I'm going to be passing this torch over to Bryan Patton. I may pop in now and again (like when you go back and visit your friends at your old job) but moving forward the show is in the very able hands of Bryan.

It's time.

Thank you Jeremy for this interview. Thank you Bryan for the countless hours of help over the past two years. Thank you Stephen for helping me get this off the ground. Thank you to each patron who was generous enough to flip me a few bucks over the years. THANK YOU to every guest who's ever been on and every person who's ever listened. I love you. Take care. Bye bye.

Trav's homepage: http://www.mynameistrav.com

Jeremy's famed "QOHELETH" art-noise project: https://qohelethnoise.bandcamp.com

Chapter 136 Music:

Skid Row: "Youth Gone Wild"

Aletheian (Crutch): "Wounds Of The Tongue"

Solamors: "Calling Down The Sky"

The Houselights: "Boxcutter"

Half Bomber: "Trapped Inside"

The Satire: "Noize 2 Men" (not Trav on the drums)

Unteachers: "Fear Of Silence"

As The Story Grows links:

Who? I love doing this show because sometimes I get to organically get to know someone who happens to be a fantastic musician. Score. Today we hear all about Andrew Colosimo, eastern Pennsylvania's diamond in the rough. Andrew used to front Sheep And The Shears which just at the height of momentum...didn't. Andrew moved along with life but quietly floated below the radar while building his new project called Kinzua. I can't say enough but I'll say that if I played the "Best Of The Year list game" I think this would make my cut. So proud of my fellow snarkastic friend, Andrew.

Bandcamp: https://kinzua.bandcamp.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kinzuaband/

Sheep And The Shears "Grande Dame" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoE5SRHedvw

Chapter 135 Music:

Kinzua: "Marshes"

Sheep And The Shears: "The Grande Dame"

Kinzua: "Matterhorn"

As The Story Grows links:

This chapter was edited by the quixotic Bryan Patton. Thanks Bryan! https://twitter.com/bryanpatton84

Yes, more Braid! We recorded just about 6 hours of conversation for the Frame and Canvas 20th Anniversary episode. And there was so much good stuff that we decided to give you a b-side episode. There are Braid tour stories, some insights into recording, and even a love story. More Braid isn't a bad thing!

Chapter 134 Music

Braid - "The Right Time"

The Lassie Foundation - "I Can Be Her Man"

Braid - "Jimmy Goes Swimmer"

Braid - "Bang"

Braid - "Do Over"

Fugazi - "Waiting Room"

Hey Mercedes - "Go On Drone"

As The Story Grows links: