RICHLAND, Wash.-
Richland-based band easyday is making waves in the Tri-Cities indie scene.
“Easyday’s the next big thing and your new favorite band,” lead guitarist Luke Vesely said.
Four men compose the self-produced group, and all the magic happens in a basement studio in Richland.
“The music that we make is all four of our ideals for a perfect song,” vocalist and rhythm guitarist Chase Krank said. “In turn, it makes the perfect blend of music together. What we would want to play along to or what we would want to listen to.”
“We all bring a different flavor or texture to our song,” Vesely added.
The two say they have been making music together since their eighth-grade year through a number of hiatuses. Spring of 2021 brought them back together with a weekly gig on Clover Island in Kennewick, Wash.
Krank played drums and Vesely played bass at the time along with a third man. Vesely said he quickly discovered he and Krank found a connection between each others’ energy in playing that was not there with the third artist.
That’s when they started their own band.
Krank and Vesely formed easyday in the summer of 2021. The duo released a ten-song indie pop album titled “In The Beginning” in March of 2022 before putting out two more singles. “Tonight” and “Ripoff” bring a higher energy, indie rock feel.
When the duo first started recording music, they split up playing all the parts between themselves, and created “fake drums” on a music software application.
“It’s hard to play all the instruments when you’re just a duo,” Krank said.
That difficulty was alleviated when the band grew into its current form with the addition of two new members in late 2022: bassist Griffin Durham and drummer James Bruce.
Durham began playing shows with Krank and Vesely as a fill-in bassist before the duo invited him to officially join the band.
“A little over a year ago, they called me up and said, ‘Hey, wanna play for a show?’ I said ‘Yeah, I don’t have anything better to do,'” Durham recalled.
Bruce was living in Michigan before uprooting his life to venture to the Tri-Cities last year.
“Luke called me last November– said, ‘Hey man, the band’s starting to get some traction. Want to be our drummer?’ Bruce said. “Packed up everything and moved out here New Year’s Eve, and here we are.”
Bruce said the band’s creative process is varied but largely begins with him and Krank writing a song to lay the foundation.
“Once [Vesely and Durham] come in and we start bouncing around ideas, it really changes the song and develops into something unique and cool and makes it our own sound,” Bruce said.
Durham replied: “It’s like a taco, you load it up and it gets better and better the more you load it up with things.”
As for bands easyday draws inspiration from, Durham noted Red Hot Chili Peppers and Cage The Elephant– two alternative rock bands that have both seen large success on charts.
“Lately, I’ve been listening to listening to all kinds of stuff like Anderson .Paak and Amy Winehouse,” Bruce added. “Just all over the place, and all the inspiration comes together to make great music.”
The band’s upcoming single “That Sinking Feeling” is set for release on Dec. 31– poetically, exactly one year after Bruce moved to Richland to join the band. Vesely said it’s the first song all four members wrote together, and they have been performing it live since March.
The band plans to begin recording its next album in January on what Vesely called a “12-week program”, finishing one track a week ahead of a spring release.
easyday is set to perform at The Emerald of Siam in Richland on Dec. 15. with opener Bad Trip Motel from Spokane, Wash.
Tickets are $10 and can be bought at the door or on easyday’s website.
