After a six-year hiatus, two PhDs, and a number of lives lived later, a reunion show was organized to reconnect old bands that played alongside each other in the early-2010s in Kent, Ohio. We oddly decided to write a slew of new material for the show despite the ubiquitous problem that the song writers all lived on different continents. Despite this, we prevailed. We arrived in our hometowns for an abnormally frigid winter, retrieved our trusty Juno 106 and Akai AX60, and practiced for a short day. In our typical unwinded fashion, we opted to invite another close friend and past collaborator to join in on guitar that very day. Ultimately, maybe the old crowd was a bit too overtly greeted by the former carefree and colorful music now molded by the four cases of adulthood and aged stresses, but the same slowly aging synth lines, rigid drum machine grooves, and straight from the heart vocals were welcomely and necessarily present. These events, changes, transformations, and evolutions became the basis of Reactivities through the two years that followed recording, re-recording, and re-re-recording.

Reactivities

Brad & Friends