The City Veins

The City Veins are currently in the middle of some very interesting times. While using the terms “crossroads” or “turning point” is pretty cliched, it’s kind of accurate here.

Let’s recap:

As you’ve probably read, The City Veins are now a three-piece due to Adam’s departure. We’ve been a band for a little under 7 months, and it’s been quite a ride. In that time, we’ve had some amazing success, including some great publicity and playing Arlene’s Grocery after being a band for less than 6 months, but there’s also been a fair share of obstacles and disappointments, which we’ve generally listed here in this blog, culminating with the loss of a founding member. That’s our history to date in a nutshell.

It would be easy to take a negative outlook on all this, but the reality is I couldn’t be feeling more positive about this band than I do today. Aaron, Charles and I have practicing our asses off and we sound damn good. I am proud of us. We’re not as polished as we were with Adam, and the total band sound isn’t as “full” with one guitar now instead of two. Yet we rock harder now. Because there’s only three of us, each of us has to raise our game to another level, and the early results are more than encouraging. I wish you could hear the difference between the first time we practiced as a 3-piece practice and now. All I can I do is express my excitement to bring this to the stage.

The truth is Adam’s departure really did benefit all parties; he is happier now and it is making us a better band. That’s not because Adam made us a lesser band, by any stretch. It’s just that challenges, by their nature, either defeat you or making stronger. Losing a founding member and a key songwriter would set a lot of other bands back quite a bit, and I’m happy to see how well we’re responding to this.

This isn’t PR-driven, not some “let’s put a good face on this” BS. This is the truth. Though the road got more difficult, this band is moving in the the right direction. I can’t wait for you all to see the new City Veins.