Christofer Drew also played for Cincinnati as a part of Warped Tour in 2010. (CATHERINE COURETAS | The Miami Student)
When bands tour, a certain dynamic develops depending on which groups are living in close quarters for a two- or three-month period. For Never Shout Never, the latest tour got off to a rough start.
The Time Travel Tour, named after Never Shout Never's album released Sept. 20, began Sept. 22 and runs through Nov. 6, stopping in Cincinnati Saturday at Bogart's in Clifton.
"At the beginning of the tour, it was kind of rough for us as a band because we were trying to do a completely a different thing than what we've always been doing," guitarist Hayden Kaiser said. "The vibes were kind of rough. We weren't really hanging out with the other bands that much, but after about the first two or three weeks and getting settled in, we started hanging out more."
Once the guys started hanging out with other bands more, Kaiser said things got better. "We're all just hanging out. Everybody's having a good time and we honestly couldn't be more happy with the tour."
The guys are also happy about the release of their new album, which is very different than albums past.
"If you listen to the first one, it's pretty light, pretty pop-y, kind of cutesy," Kaiser said. "This album has taken a huge turn from the first album. We tried to go for the biggest sound possible. We went for huge group vocals, huge drums. We wanted to go into it with free minds, open hearts and we just tried to go as big as possible."
Although the band originally started out as frontman Christofer Drew's one-man project, Kaiser and and bandmates Caleb Denison and Taylor MacFee have been enjoying touring together.
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