Larrabe

With a new bass player, a new name, a solid line-up, a release, and the ability to write decent songs, we were ready to take the world by storm. 

"The Golden Years":

- Town Ballroom

- Club Infinity

- Mohawk Place

- HSBC Arena (First Niagara Center) for Music Is Art (Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls) 

- New York City

- The Music Is Art Festival at Albright Knox/Delaware Park

When it comes to Buffalo; we played it all..., man...

With each and every show, we grew better and better. We even started getting better gear. We wanted to be professional. That's what we strived for. '

We wrote and wrote and wrote and the summer before our Junior year, we entered the studio again. The feel and complete vibe of summer time radiated in these songs. It was right after 4th of July weekend that we entered the studio. I'd give anything to go back to these days. We spent upwards of almost a month tracking these new songs with producer, who we fell in love with, Matt Schaefer. We fed off of each other and bounced ideas back and forth with ease. If there was a sound we wanted, we found it. It was a great learning experience for all of us.

The tracks for what would become our first full release, "Outgrow", were finished that fall and due for release that upcoming December. We had our release date, release party and show planned for December 11th, 2010 (12/11/10). With a slight mix up (getting the wrong data on the CD's) we got the ACTUAL CD's the day of our show, and had some repackaging to do. (Speaking of mix-ups, if you by chance have a copy of "The Larrabe EP" collecting dust somewhere, you'll notice that two of the tracks are accidentally switched.) We never really had great success with the whole CD thing. 

It was a tremendous feeling, having two releases on iTunes, especially at age 15/16. How many young kids have a chance to experience something like that? 

We played many more numerous shows, even opened up for now industry giant, Young the Giant. This past winter, we moved to Brooklyn for a while to record at our producer, Matt's, new studio. We recorded 5 new tracks that are our best work, yet. The experience of living on our own at a young age with my bandmates in a big city and recording was mind-blowing. The whole journey with Larrabe was one of the greatest growing and learning experiences any of us could ever had. As we all sort of realized our time together as a band was coming to an end, as Rudy would be leaving for college this upcoming fall, and new ventures and opportunities opened up for us, it’s been bittersweet. Discussing the ordeal with my girlfriend, she had some very insightful words; “Don’t forget where you started.. and all of your journeys in between that lead you to your success today. Larrabe was part of that." That couldn't be more true. I've come to the realization that Larrabe wasn't going to last forever and that I have to find another permanent place in a new band.