7/26/16: New York City, NY-Mercury Lounge. We finally made it back to NYC! Unlike our January New York City show we drove in at 3am to avoid traffic. It was a fun feeling driving down the big city streets which would be packed bumper to bumper just hours later. Since we had driven in so early we found metered parking for he bus and were up early as the sun came up on this hot summer city day. Travis, Austin and I made our way through Times Square and Central Park. Our show that night was at the Mercury Lounge, an awesome venue in lower east Manhattan with excellent sound, and a great star. We really enjoyed playing rockwood music hall this past January but we definitely appreciated having a large stage. Rockwood didn’t have room on stage for a drum set so I was positioned off stage. We were really happy to have a great turnout. It was so incredible having people tell us they discovered the band on New York radio stations, album reviews, Pandora or YouTube. The show was a great time and afterwards we stayed around the venue until late into the night, looking to beat traffic by leaving around 1am. We had such a great NYC show and can’t wait for a week of shows in upstate New York starting tomorrow!