Late Arrival and Stillcastle are two rising bands from the university’s pool of talented musicians. Late Arrival is headlining a show this Friday, Feb. 2 in the Donatos basement on N. High St. at 7:00 p.m. with openers October Tuesday and Stillcastle.
The show will have a $10 entrance fee to help fundraise for the production of songs and band equipment such as sound systems and amps.
Late Arrival and Stillcastle play diverse genres such as pop, alternative, rock and indie. They both strongly believe in the connection that blossoms from bands.
Late Arrival is composed of lead singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist Caleb, lead guitarist Wesley, bassist and background vocalist Fleece and drummer Lutz.
The name Late Arrival is inspired by their attendance at practice, yet they’re always the first to arrive at gigs.
While they perform cover songs during their sets, their main focus is shifting to curating their own singles and EPs to take advantage of momentum and provide continuous content. Late Arrival is releasing their new single “Michelle” this Friday, Feb. 2 on all platforms.
“Michelle” reflects the emotions, alignment and projection of the band as a whole. Fleece said “Michelle” is “like a post breakup [song], but also like ‘I would be back in a heartbeat if you called.’ ”
Late Arrival has been promoting “Michelle” on Instagram Reels where they’ve received millions of views on many of their reels. Their highest viewed reel has 73.9 thousand likes. Wesley’s videography, Lutz’s music tech skills and their goofy personalities have gained them 17.2 thousand followers on Instagram.
The envisioned future for Late Arrival is several singles and an EP by summer.
Stillcastle is the second show opening for Late Arrival. Hope Selah, Grace Kmiecik, James Alt and Thomas Tye make the royal stylings of Stillcastle. Selah, Kmiecik and Alt are all juniors studying music tech at the university while Tye became a professor at the university, just last semester, after being part of Stillcastle.
Full Moon Fest was their first live performance, where they experienced many realities and difficulties of performing live.
Selah said, “I hadn’t performed with a band before either. So I didn’t know that I wouldn’t be able to hear myself on stage.”
Recording and releasing music is harder than it seems, even with multiple music tech majors.
Kmiecik said, “We initially started trying to record our stuff using just us and the three of us were music tech students, and we’ve discovered that it’s really hard to record yourself and play effectively at the same time.”
Determined to be proud of their releases, the band paused production to take time to rebrand themselves from an indie rock band to a pop alternative genre.
Selah said, “We’re still kind of in the middle of figuring out exactly what we want to sound like. But singles are definitely coming this spring, and hopefully, like either an EP or an album. Like summer/fall.”
Stillcastle loves to perform and make music together, creating a special bond where they find comfort and creativity in each other. They plan to refine, perform as often as they can and most out of the time they have together.
Follow Late Arrival @late_arrival_band and Stillcastle @stillcastleband on Instagram to be reminded of new music and performances.
