After five years of playing music, the band Bridges Will Break of Colorado Springs will be playing their first out of state show Thursday on the University of Wyoming campus in The Gardens.
“It’s bizarre because I still feel like a new band,” said Joey Macasero, the drummer of Bridges Will Break. “Even though I’m coming on my fifth year.” Joey joined the band in November 2010 after playing in a few other local bands.
“When they took me in, I was planning on this band being a side project,” Joey said. “However, as time went by, I started to become more invested and wanted to focus all of my energy, or at least my creative energy, into Bridges Will Break.”
Bridges Will Break has never played a show in Laramie before and said they are looking forward to coming to campus.
“We are super excited to be playing and have heard good things from bands who have played in Laramie in the past,” said Ben Geiger, the bassist of the indie rock group. “So don’t let us down!” Geiger said that they are looking forward to playing in front of people who have yet to hear their music and making new friends.
“I’m actually really excited to play and am also wanting to see how different the music culture is outside of Colorado since this is the first out of state show I’ve played,” said guitarist Justin Macasero. “A college crowd seems like an audience we’ve never had before.”
The greatest struggle for Bridges Will Break was getting the opportunity to play shows outside of Colorado. Joey said they have never played in Laramie before, but also they have never played on a college campus before.
“That being said, this is why we are super happy and grateful that we were even considered for playing this show,” the drummer said. Joey said that he attends community college and is dying to see how life is for people at a larger school.
Bridges Will Break has been working on their first album that will be released May 5, 2015. The album will be called “Galvanize” and will also be released on vinyl in order to promote the band’s first full-length album. Along with the release of “Galvanize,” Bridges Will Break hopes to have more out of state shows and even a small tour.
It took a while for the band to write its first album, according to Bridges Will Break’s website. The group said that it is excited to share “Galvanize” with people and is looking forward to broadening by playing in other cities.
“We have become very collaborative and I don’t feel like a lot of bands write music like that,” Geiger said. “It feels good to know we all had a significant role in making our latest album.”
“I think the thrill of doing something that you didn’t think you could do is half the fun,” Joey said. “The other half is collaborating.” He said that for himself having the ability, time and resources to have closure on certain subjects.
Justin said that he hopes the near future will lead to a more dark and rhythmic EP or LP within the next year or year and a half. He said he wants to incorporate Ableton Live into the new album to see what it could do for Bridges Will Break.
Bridges Will Break will be performing with local Laramie band Harriman Exit. Harriman Exit is a local psychedelic indie band that has performed at past events such as The Midwinter Meltdown. Bridges Will Burn and Harriman Exit will be performing in The Gardens Thursday at 7 p.m.
