It was a homecoming of sorts for CIVILIANA at Fernando91裸聊视频檚 Pub on Saturday night.

91裸聊视频淒id we say how good it is to be back?91裸聊视频� asked the band91裸聊视频檚 lead vocalist and drummer Calen Trentini to the pub packed with family and friends. 91裸聊视频淏ecause it91裸聊视频檚 really good to be back.91裸聊视频�

The members of alt-rock group CIVILIANA all grew up and found their musical roots in Kelowna before starting the band in Vancouver in 2015. Saturday91裸聊视频檚 show at Fernando91裸聊视频檚 marked the first time the group was able to come back and rock their hometown crowd.

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91裸聊视频淧laying a place where you91裸聊视频檙e from, you definitely get a warmer crowd,91裸聊视频� guitarist Adam Wilson said. 91裸聊视频淎 place like Fernando91裸聊视频檚 isn91裸聊视频檛 a big venue, so you fill it with your friends and family and it just ends up being a big party.91裸聊视频�

Trentini added, 91裸聊视频渋t feels a bit different in Kelowna. In Vancouver, we grind away, we market our shows hard and try to pull in as many people as we can. We come to play here and it91裸聊视频檚 kind of like an exhale moment. Like, 91裸聊视频榣et91裸聊视频檚 just play in front of these people that we grew up with and have a bit of fun with it.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

The band is formed by Trentini and Wilson, alongside bassist Spencer Daley and guitarist Daniel Ponich, who all met while attending school in Kelowna. Trentini met Daley in Grade 7 music class and starting a band was 91裸聊视频渙bvious91裸聊视频� for the two rhythm section members. Trentini and Daley played several shows in Kelowna as a bass/drum-duo before being introduced to Wilson who rounded out the band then known as Civilian with some guitars.

The friends all went their separate ways after high school and reunited once they all eventually ended up in Vancouver. It was there that Ponich and the 91裸聊视频楢91裸聊视频� at the end of the band91裸聊视频檚 name were added and CIVILIANA was born. In the four years since they started playing together again, the group has taken a more synth-based approach to its classic rock inspired riffs91裸聊视频攇iving CIVILIANA its own modern twist on a guitar-driven sound.

91裸聊视频淭he city and the esthetic of being in a big city makes you less just want to play straight ahead rock and roll and instead incorporate something like maybe a synthesizer; something that91裸聊视频檚 a bit more widely accessible by somebody who would live in Vancouver,91裸聊视频� Trentini said.

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think that was the primary driver of why we started incorporating a ton of electronic stuff into our music, but when I look at Vancouver, I think our music now is more represented by it than our older stuff.91裸聊视频�

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The group has been going strong for the past three years, releasing its first EP Out the Window in 2016 and following it up with singles Carry a Light and Void this year. The singles outline the story of navigating a relationship throughout your twenties, which Trentini says he91裸聊视频檚 well-versed in.

91裸聊视频淲hen we went into the lyrical meanings for the song they did kind of take on a connected meaning,91裸聊视频� Trentini said. 91裸聊视频淰ery much, I was writing about what I knew. While it might91裸聊视频檝e changed now, what I was going through was relationships and the messiness and different things that come with those.91裸聊视频�

Trentini describes the narrative of the songs by placing Void first, symbolizing the loss of 91裸聊视频渄irection and meaning as the result of a relationship,91裸聊视频� which then moves into Carry a Light, which describes the post-breakup phase of 91裸聊视频渓onging for what you once had and not being ready to do anything else.91裸聊视频�

The third release in the narrative is Melt, a yet-to-be-released song about being ready to move on.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 the gooey centre,91裸聊视频� Wilson said.

91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 the fun part,91裸聊视频� added Trentini. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 when you91裸聊视频檙e ready to move on and you91裸聊视频檙e looking for those new connections. And the messiness and trickiness that comes along with it.91裸聊视频�

CIVILIANA doesn91裸聊视频檛 have any future show dates set yet, but be sure to keep an eye on its to find any other information and see where the hometown boys end up next.

michael.rodriguez@kelownacapnews.com
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