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Bound Stems

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"pretty/complex/music"

Location: Chicago, IL

Website: http://www.boundstems.com/

Bio: Bound Stems is Bobby, Dan, Janie, Radz, and Evan, and it's been that way for a while now. In 2006, they released a record called ... (more) Appreciation Night, and all of their families were proud, and their friends came out and stomped and clapped.

Then, rather gracefully, people who were neither family nor friends also cheered – enough to convince Bobby, Dan, Janie, Radz, and Evan to quit their jobs and pile into a van for a year.

As they rumbled from coast to coast, all of the usual things happened. They played for no one, and then the next night, they played for everyone. They acquired parking tickets in 4 time zones. They sweated and shouted and sang, until they were tired and hoarse and broke. They ate peanut butter and drank champagne. Once, they stood beside their broken van in the desert, and decided they could make it to Texas – isn't that just perfect?

But sure enough, surely enough, they each got about a year older.

The usual signs weren't there – not a set of tell-tale laugh lines or love handles, or law degrees. But when they unloaded the van and stretched out their legs and started playing again, well, hell. Somewhere out there they found the best part about growing up. (less)