Paper Route(as told by Chad Howat) I was tired. There was just this lingering sense of exhaustion in the summer of 2004. I was tired of false starts. Tired of dreaming. Tired of being jaded. Tired of being tired. So it seems fitting that this story begins underneath my bed. You may picture me crawling below my mattress, but in reality my bed is about 6 feet above the ground-enough space for a small iBook and some cheap monitors. When I couldn't sleep, I'd descend my steps and make music all night. Some bands have LSD, others have cocaine, and our drug of choice seemed to be insomnia. I programmed, played bass, synths and even snuck into an undisclosed location masquerading as a music student to record piano. JT Daly, a close friend and old band mate, started coming over to sing, sample, and play toy keyboards. We had always wanted to do a project together and finally it was becoming a reality. After a month or so went by, Andy Smith, another close friend and ex-band mate who lives above me, started coming downstairs and contributing vocals, guitar, harmonica, and some synths. A band had naturally formed between the three of us and we were making music together, once again.

It begins with Ryan Karazija strumming a few chords, then the drums kick in with a healthy thwack. As fans migrate hypnotically toward the stage, Alicia Marie Campbell's bass line dances in and everything locks into place: the soaring vocals and ringing guitar line of Audrye Sessions' first single "Turn Me Off" permeates every corner of the club and when singer-guitarist Karazija hits the epic high note on the line "Finally set me free" the crowd isn't just won over — they're stunned and grinning.