Honeywell Street

For You

The Hymn

Alder Way

Honeywell Street(alt edit)

Van Owen has only met in person once. It was a chance encounter on a Greyhound bus outside Dayton, Ohio. Brad Standley, a California farm boy, was still reeling from his divorce so he grabbed his guitar and left everything he owned behind as he headed Eastward, playing small shows along the way. Nick Anton, a classical cellist from the East side of Queens, had just graduated from conservatory and was in a panic as he realized that this thing he had dedicated his life to wasn’t what he wanted with his life. He grabbed his cello and headed West. The two spotted each other on a Greyhound bus and started talking music and sharing stories of what had brought them so far from home. The bus broke down. They got off. They wrote one song on a park bench and exchanged numbers; each promising to say in touch as they went their own way. Defying all modern logic they actually did stay in touch. The rest of their debut self-titled EP was conceived, written, and recorded with quarantine and 2,000 miles between them. It’s about love and loss and taking the first step on a journey that might change your life.