. “We started playing when we were dating almost immediately, doing a bunch of different things," says Keith.
But it wasn’t until 2018, after the previous two groups disbanded, that the couple decided to start a solo husband-and-wife project. The result,, is all alt-country and cowpunk, which makes for a hootin’ and hollerin’ good time. Eryn plays guitar and commands the mic with swooning vocals, while Keith provides the steady backbeat and rhythm behind the kit. The two recall being initially wary of that setup, particularly Keith switching from bass to the drums, before agreeing that they ultimately just needed to get back to making music.
“We really wanted to play music. We missed it, but we weren’t sure if we wanted to do the whole band thing anymore. We wondered if we could figure out a way to just do this as a two-piece,” Eryn recalls. “We started playing around with the idea of Keith picking up drums. He bought the cheapest drum set — it was like 100 bucks — and started learning how to play drums.”
From there, she adds, the two “started goofing around” with some of Eryn’s solo material. “We just started by learning those [songs]," she says,"then it kind of took off. We started adding some different things.